At 369 square miles in size, the Rim Fire is the largest in the United States in 2013.
Published Sep 4, 2013One of a number of large wildfires that have affected northern California in 2012, the Chips fire burned more than 75,000 acres by the time firefighters had contained it.
Published Sep 5, 2012This false-color image shows smoke billowing from the Rim fire on August 30, 2013.
Published Aug 30, 2013The EO-1 satellite observed the burn scar from the Little Bear Fire.
Published Jun 14, 2012A NASA project is providing maps of satellite data to emergency response teams during the Woolsey Fire.
Published Nov 16, 2018Land recently burned in Southern California’s Bull Fire is charcoal black in this false color image taken on August 1, 2010, when the fire was nearly contained.
Published Aug 2, 2010Landsat helps direct restoration efforts in at-risk areas.
Published Sep 11, 2013A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020As wildfires wind down, teams of scientists hit the field to assess the damage. In many cases, they have help from satellites.
Published May 9, 2013The false-color image in this true- and false-color image pair shows the extent of the large Twitchell Canyon Fire burning in the mountains of central Utah on September 21, 2010.
Published Sep 22, 2010Though the Wallow Fire in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona is not yet fully out, the time to assess and recover has already begun via satellite imagery.
Published Jun 29, 2011