California Fires Satellite 2018
The lake fire started in the angeles national forest near lake hughes.
California fires satellite 2018. The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in california with a total of over 7 500 fires burning an area of over 1 670 000 acres the largest area of burned acreage recorded in a fire season. Nasa images show extent of california wildfires. The 2018 wildfire season was the second most deadly and most destructive wildfire season recorded in california history after the 2020 california fires with a total of 103 confirmed fatalities 24 226 structures damaged or destroyed and 8 527 fires burning 1 975 086 acres 799 289 ha about 2 of the state s 100 million acres of land it was the largest area of burned acreage recorded in a. Just look at california s 278 368 acre creek fire.
Active wildfires from the deadly camp fire in northern california are visible in this shortwave infrared view from digitalglobe s worldview 3 satellite taken on nov. Active wildfires from the deadly camp fire in northern california are visible in this shortwave infrared view from digitalglobe. In mid july to august 2018 a series of large wildfires erupted across california mostly in the northern. Nasa satellite images show the extent of the massive wildfires burning in california.
On the heels of the most destructive wildfires on record in california there. Nearly 150 million trees died in california between 2010 and 2018 officials estimated last year one of the worst tree die off events in state. Local time 1845 gmt. Nasa this satellite image shows where wildfires outlined in red are burning in california on thursday june 14 2018.
The operational land imager aboard the nasa usgs landsat 8 satellite captured this image of california s camp fire on nov.