Animated Maps: California Wildfires from 1910-2019

Wildfires are a fact of life in California-and not a new one. Living in the state has always meant forging an uneasy alliance with the natural cycle of fires. What has changed in recent years is their frequency and ferocity, largely driven by climate change. In 2018, California experienced the Mendocino Complex Fire and the Camp Fire-respectively the largest and most destructive wildfires in the state’s history-but there were over 50 others that year. Collectively, they consumed nearly 1.6 million acres, enough space to hold five cities the size of Los Angeles.
This animated map displays a century of California wildfires in under two minutes.
This animated map was made using Esri's ArcGIS Pro, Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Adobe After Effects. Please visit ow.ly/fm2950xgu0B for more information about ArcGIS Pro.
Data Source: Fire Perimeters at frap.fire.ca.gov/frap-project...
Music: Transmission by Stanley Gurvich
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[@Quest4Unknown]

Love to see the video again without leaving past fires on the map...

[@Brian_Moser1118]

Agreed, so that we can see the spots better. At the same time tho, leaving past fires is useful for seeing patters. If you’re familiar with California’s terrain and maps and things like that you’d start recognizing stuff like fires started being bad in southern Cali and now in the recent years it’s becoming worst for northern Cali. Maybe to the temperatures or trees 🌲

[@richardlongoria8661]

No joke. It felt like the entire video was misleading. Like the end result was to make it seem that the fires have gotten worse over the years. However, it was so confusing that even that point was lost in the random acreage destructions with dates flashing on the screen and the old dark orange spots which all blended together.

[@whatdoyoumean5700]

i agree

[@daviddruen858]

yea that was the biggest flaw. Map looked very cool, but I found myself looking at the number of total acres at top right. And that number did keep going up. Part of that could be due to better data? Did they know how many total acres burned in 1950? Maybe, idk. But satellite imagery definitely helps knowing total acres burned. But numbers still climbed from 2000 to 2019

[@annabobanaasmr8411]

@@Brian_Moser1118 It's most likely due to a mix of increased temperatures, and (I think moreso) a lack of controlled burns.

[@Revbone450]

Are you going to update this at the end of 2020....boy oh boy things are getting ugly...

[@digitalvillage2333]

Doomsday for California is coming soon

[@ChasingDifferentAdventures]

11:38 pm S. EL Monte California Earthquake 4.8 it was a decent jolt if you were around the area.

[@sleepyvtek9]

@@digitalvillage2333 all they need now is that big earthquake they're anticipating for

[@oldshoe1]

Still some fires, but it’s getting better.

[@oldshoe1]

Mario Monclova yup, I was in my room and I literally heard the earthquake coming right before I felt it. That roar sounds just gets your heart beating. 😁

[@chriscich]

You know it's bad when you have to name your Wildfires like Hurricanes.

[@mucheq5386]

😂

[@Xevion]

But they are not named like Hurricanes. They are just named after what they burned. Hurricanes are not named after what they destroy - they are just named. Thus your comment doesn't make any sense.

[@Ryanbros]

we never name them like that

[@capitalistball2924]

@@Xevion Yes, but don't be a smartass. Choice NC said like. Not exactly, he said like. This means the names are similar in some way. Thus, your reply is idiotic and disproven.

[@petersmythe6462]

2007: California has first million acre year: 2020: California has >4 million acres burned. Oregon has >1 million. Individual California fire exceeds 1 million acres.

[@ole6969]

We have gotten so much better at analysing the size of wildfires due to better technology, such as satellites and analysing software. Maybe the size of the fires are partly so high because we can better determine how many and how big the fires are. I do not say their was not a really great fire but maybe we have wrong idea when we compare the more realistic data of today with those in the past.

[@kv4648]

@@ole6969 yeah but it's nearly impossible to miss million acre fires and report it to be smaller. So unless people were blind,deaf, could not feel and had no smell in the past the quantity and size of fires is increasing.

[@ole6969]

@@kv4648 it is hard to determine the quantity and size of wildfires. Because of satellites it has become so much easier and more accurate. I think that is just common sense.

[@akakybashmachkin656]

​@@ole6969 Satellites have been around for 60+ years already. I think that is just common sense.

[@ole6969]

@@akakybashmachkin656 Early imaging of the earth was really, really bad. In the recent decades the pictures got more usefull and in recent years they have got a really good resolution.

[@thefiercesiren]

I live on the California coast, and can see smoke from one of the fires right now outside my window; multiple friends of mine have been evacuated, so this hits very close. It is notable that the first Spanish to reach this part of the coast commented on how desolate the hills were. Local tribes managed the danger - and cultivated important grasses in the process - by yearly controlled burning of the land. With our current population density this is not a viable option, but it points to the fact that this danger is not new. Well done map, by the way!

[@warlantactical]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5LGc5ynnMtkhNE what to do in emergency

[@mountmeron267]

Allow the Native Americans to take conrol of the land back. Especially the management of land. This is every year that devastation happens. They would know what to do.

[@cloudleopard7695]

@KELLI2L2 Ditto !!! Also Big Agri .../ the slaughterhouse /pesticide Corsperation brings you new wonders to consume !!!

[@msheart2]

You may want to consider watching 1PacificRedwoods weather reports, he a meteorologist. The fires are not due to climate change.

[@msheart2]

@UtubeProfit right just not to the people who committed the crimes.

[@lotusflower9810]

I agree with this comment: "It is notable that the first Spanish to reach this part of the coast commented on how desolate the hills were. Local tribes managed the danger - and cultivated important grasses in the process - by yearly controlled burning of the land."

[@ericgrube9954]

California firefighters do that today in 2020 as well

[@lost5160]

Barely

[@danialhalal]

@@ericgrube9954 barely to the ammount of what is needed

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@danialhalal Its only needed because conditions are becoming better - for forest fires.

[@TheRealBunnyMan]

I think the main point was that burning created grasslands and the fire control was a nice added benefit. I'm not sure if they knew their extensive burning reduced major fires.

[@wscfan3044]

California fires in 2020 be like: BUT WAIT, THERES MORE!

[@JakeTechReviews]

Lived in california 34 years of my life, seen some bad fires during my life. I still remember the big earthquakes too. I left California 3 years ago and wont be going back.

[@whatyouwerethinking998]

@@omi_god really dude

[@uswtlt13]

Same here. Left California in 1980. I've never looked back since.

[@miguelbran1854]

That’s why is call California Cali means hot in Spanish and Ornia mean oven so is hot oven hahahaha🤣😂🤣😂

[@dmon1017]

@@omi_godi dont think you will lol have fun with your piece of shit democrat state lmfao

[@shmooveyea]

neato.

[@petersmythe6462]

2020: 4.3 MILLION acres and counting.

[@jackarnold6755]

Ok

[@julianas.3352]

Wait, it's still burning?

[@Ma1akai]

@@julianas.3352 oc it is

[@julianas.3352]

@@Ma1akai God damn.

[@MrBthomp]

Keep going california! You can do it!

[@flaxseedoil1000]

If you look at pictures of Yosemite in the late 1800's it was covered in wide areas of grasslands. Then they put fire suppression policies in place. 100 years later and those grasslands are covered in trees.

[@Mrbfgray]

Fire suppression IS THE PROBLEM. Good point.

[@dpedd12]

The natives had 10,000 years of fire prevention practices put in place and boom. In 140 years we upped the average acreage burned by 500%. It’s almost like they knew a thing or two

[@cuomogrp]

Yes, same all over the west...fire management has allowed more trees to grow closer together causing larger fires.

[@fbomb1767]

Flaxseed Oil - that’s one great point. Add in conservationist’s eradication of lumber removal from the forest (including level fuel removal i.e.pine needles, leaves and other undergrowth) , move homes exist now in these high threat areas, and the longer these areas go without burning (rejuvenating) the more these areas are a potential for the next top ten.....last thing....... the density of the forests in CA have become untenable..... more trees are fighting for limited water, sunlight and nutrients. This has either killed the trees throughout our forests or it’s allowed a bark beetle to kill them

[@davidlang1125]

Everyone is learning how to cope with these huge issues. Many errors have been made to the detriment of the natural habitat. But new strategies address those failings. This is further complicated by the stresses of a prolonged drought and climate change.

[@johnhanes5021]

I have lived in southern California since 1946. I've seen a lot of fires, several that burned from the San Fernando Valley , over the mountains to Malibu at the Pacific ocean. It's always been bad but it's a lot worse now and more and more people are moving into fire areas. Now we fear the rain and mudslides. Earthquakes please stay away.

[@christopherschulteshinesth1415]

John Hanes it’s time to move🕊✌️❤️

[@msheart2]

Right because of weather warfare, the weather is controlled globally.

[@kazuma8486]

@@StarToGod dude dont jinx it

[@The_Almighty.]

Do you remember there was a lot of trees on the local mountains back then??

[@aratusingtheinternet]

I don’t get effected by fires at all but the Thomas fire really did change my life :(

[@taotzu1339]

With the music, I felt like I was traveling with Doctor Who on a time journey in the TARDIS.

[@dirtyskieschemifornia3091]

I live in redding ca. The carr fire wasnt south of redding. It WAS redding.

[@thorr18BEM]

Hmmm, 01:25 It shows the "Ranch" fire on Redding and "Carr" nowhere near. Ranch was actually part of Mendocino fire complex near Ukia and Clearlake. So, I think they have the two arrows mixed up on that graphic.

[@HighFOurce420]

@@thorr18BEM they definitely do, you can tell by the size of the blotches too, they dont match the numbers. the smaller blotch has more acres lol. and i also lived in redding.

[@HighFOurce420]

hey i just moved away from redding 3 weeks ago. now im in oregon lol

[@bryanfraser8061]

@Trumpenstein Then why did they need to evacuate half the population of a 90,000 person town because of fire that didn't burn in the City? Also, six different subdivision in Redding lost multiple homes due to the fire. If you weren't here during the fire, please don't comment and make assumptions.

[@jennylynn82173]

Wow! Thank you - this really helps with perspective!

[@Mrbfgray]

The scale is ridiculously exaggerated keep in mind. Just look at the numbers, 100,000 acres is a tiny fraction of 1% of the state.

[@PopeRecords]

"Oh, I wish I was in the land of wildfires, Desolate hills and more wildfires."

[@OneLostTexan]

Lol

[@bobthehobo666]

"look away, look away, look away, it's all burnt."

[@_0______00__________0_______0]

On the bright side we've also got really high taxes and a disproportionately high homeless population

[@OneLostTexan]

@@_0______00__________0_______0, funny thing is I was born in California. Didn’t live there long I believe we moved to Oregon then to Texas

[@corygutz]

Great visualization! FYI the labels for the locations of the Ranch and Carr fires are switched.

[@101jir]

Okay, I thought it seemed weird that Carr looked so much bigger than Ranch at a glance.

[@williamseipp9691]

kudos for the map. Presenting data in a way that needs no explanation is a terrific thing.

[@chefgiovanni]

Thank you fire fighters. And thank you for your efforts on this cool video ! Cooking with Chefs ...........

[@housewives3737]

Nice Visual Education......Thanks Esri

[@flaxseedoil1000]

Great job btw!

[@BruceWP]

One of the most destructive fires, Oakland firestorm 1991 ("Tunnel Fire") didn't even make the list. From Wikipedia: The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units. The economic loss from the fire was estimated at $1.5 billion (1991 USD). This is when wildfires became for me, living near the fire in Oakland, not some TV event, but a real monster.

[@shmooveyea]

This list was area burned was it not? the data from Oaklands was still included in the relative year.

[@kimmer6]

I remember that evil hot wind blowing that morning. Nobody would have guessed how bad that day would be.

[@leowilliamsvanualailai9505]

Finally some cool graphics to display the boring data. Was waiting for this for years

[@lilabailey1439]

Very cool animation! I would love to see one for Colorado

[@thefactophilic3193]

Its lit!🔥

[@aratusingtheinternet]

The Factophilic I know

[@NatureShy]

Make one for Oregon and Washington next! That shift in fire severity will probably be even greater, as the forests west of the Cascade Range divide are historically not accustomed to getting large major fires, (unlike the eastern side, which like most of the western forests in the US, needs fire for survival). The slight change in temperature has led to previously wetter and moister western Cascade and Coast Range Oregon and Washington side forests to grow drier.

[@daa4309]

To me it looks as though the same areas keep getting burn.

[@Mrbfgray]

Situation normal. The West is born to burn, a number of tree species can't even reproduce without fire burning under them redwoods included. What does that tell you? The natives lit it off seasonally and ranchers after that but now we put 'em out, fuel builds and they inevitably burn but much worse. It's wildland mismanagement and fire as an essential part of the system denial.

[@budthecyborg4575]

Good observation. Proximity to humans is also key, the area around LA is always betting burned the worst.

[@Bra55Monkey]

Bo McGillacutty Giant sequoias depend on fire to reproduce. The heat opens their seed cones, their seeds are released, the flames clear the earth for their germination. While lesser trees blaze around them, the giant sequoias stand virtually unscathed by the flames. They're remarkably fire resistant.

[@jgregorygraves5792]

@@Bra55Monkey That's amazing; nature has so many ways ...

[@fivemeomedia]

@@Mrbfgray yes it was only recent that they made it legal for natives to continue there practice of controlled burns

[@JohnMurphyabc]

Very well done.. thanx..

[@oldshoe1]

I live about 20 miles always from the mountains. We had complete sun blockout for days, but it’s getting better now. Blue faded sky with air quality improving.

[@qec81]

Esri, can we get a training lesson designed around creating beautiful products like this?

[@esrimaps]

Hey Quentin! Yes, we're actively working on a tutorial series that will dive into the creation of these animated maps. Stay tuned!

[@thisorthat7626]

@@esrimaps Thank you! That would be amazingly helpful.

[@marvinchung1144]

@@esrimaps thank you！ Amazing

[@DaPanda19]

This is awesome!

[@nept4ne]

​@@esrimaps can we know when the tutorial is release?

[@BlazVeber69]

They don't make ships out of wood anymore, and you don't make firebreaks like Australians used to do them.

[@Reathety]

@@DM-ks1pj Not the highest temperatures ever recorded, and California has a history of 200 year droughts. Fires have gone down for the past 10 years in Canada. California does not do forestry management like they used to.

[@TheRockman260]

@@Reathety Yeah, fly over Canada and see all the clear cutting, it is terrible. Fires have gone down? In what way? Numbers of fires, intensity of fires, # of acres burned? Southern BC is as threatened as Northern WA. Same ecology, and we are on fire here every year. Especially in the North Cascades from Chelan up to and beyond the border.

[@displacedhippie3296]

Actually, the Native Americans would do controlled burns all the time, so this exact thing wouldn't happen.

[@smackyouinface]

Cool video! At 1:25, you have the Carr and Ranch fire locations swapped. The Carr fire was just outside of Redding.

[@fabiosecanho]

In case you update this video by the end of this year, *please include the year of the wildfires in the rank* in addition to their area. This information is key! Thanks

[@TessaNow]

Interesting, but it doesn't give you a means of comparison because you leave the old fires there.. This means your statement that there have always been fires in Cali is somewhat dubious. It's the frequency and the extent of the fires that is the point.

[@shaloamnenja12yearsago29]

Yes, but you could argue that because California is more developed now and because we haven’t been managing the fuel clearing correctly and have been over thinning, that the climate is still extremely similar and thus California has always had a similar risk of fire. California just fails to handle it correctly.

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

@@shaloamnenja12yearsago29 Check out where the fires are. They are primarily on the fault zones.

[@msheart2]

@KELLI2L2 And the military controls the weather and has since the 1940s.

[@atticustay1]

You can still see that the acres burnt per year and number of fires per year has increased a lot.

[@blackmouth799]

The frequency is pretty consistent over a century

[@dshapeshifter8394]

West Coast: Fires East Coast: Floods/Hurricanes Mid-West: Tornadoes/Hurricanes All coasts: Tsunamis/Floods/Earthquakes All areas in ring of fire: Volcano There really isn't any safe place- Disaster lies everywhere. BTW I'm in California and the fires have been mostly contained but I feel this year we aren't going to get much rain or snow and the drought will come back...

[@jackarnold6755]

See the problem is, containing the fires can lead to much more aggressive fires at a later date. Living next to huge forests isn't always a good thing.

[@abducco3110]

California and Alaska have the most earthquakes and volcanoes in the country, California has the most wildfires, Texas has the most tornadoes, Florida and California have the most floods, and Florida and Louisiana have the most hurricanes

[@ggweather]

I am looking to plot California annual rainfall vs fire acreage burned. Is there a table of the annual acreages and # of fires as displayed for each year? Data source or was it calculated from the perimeters? Thanks.

[@danielbanasiak6546]

Super cool.

[@staliaoftheknife9623]

The labels for the Carr and the Ranch fire are switched

who gives a shit

[@tarad5547]

Too fast. Can’t this be slowed down so we could see what is going on

[@chrismartin6217]

I moved it around in pause also, that worked really well.

[@kamilk6956]

pause it then press "." (period) button.

[@rondaxen88]

just slow down the playback

[@jeremyholstrom]

This video is great with the exception of an error at the end. The ranch and carr fires are swapped on the map.

[@LITO_FREDO]

Woww, cool animation👍🏼💯🙏🏼🌎❤

[@Tailfuzzy]

Esri I would love to see a population growth mapping as well. Could these more frequent and horrific fires be happening in areas of increased population ?

[@cuomogrp]

Yes, a forest fire is meant to burn large areas reducing fuel and thinning forests. Instead, CalFire puts the fires out which creates more fuel and more smaller trees which is a disaster for forests

[@DR-54]

@Mike Mike California forest fires aren't very impacted by climate change, it's natural and has been happening for a hundred thousand years, what's the issue is that California has had very abysmal forest management leading to increased fuel in forests, resulting in much larger fires.

[@nonebiz2132]

@@DR-54 You can blame Reagan for defunding the parks in the 80's. That along with drought and bark beetle infestations that leave trees susceptible to burn...

[@denniszhuk2634]

Can you make one with the newest fires?

[@atouchofherbs]

Will you be adding all the fires of 2020? Thank you for posting.

[@jprussmann]

This is both an amazing and scary animation. I would love to learn how to do that 3D effect with the negative extrusion. Was that done in ArcGIS Pro or in the other software yo mentioned in the comments?

[@The_Almighty.]

It's so sad imagine back then how beautiful the forest was there must have been so many trees in the local Southern California mountains

[@dianahowell3423]

Hate to tell you, but most of the trees in soCal are second growth. The original trees were logged during Gold Rush times, and they even took about eleven feet off the summit of Mt. San Antonio (Old Baldy).

[@M5252email]

I don't think that to be the case. If you have read the comments for this video, there are historical references from Spanish explorers of massive summertime fires. Back in 2003 there was a massive fire that burned a large part of the costal facing slopes of the San Bernardino mountains. I remember newspaper graphics showing a huge black smudge across the map of the area, it looked so catastrophic. Well, just a year or two later I was camping in the same area. I discovered an interesting thing about fires, they seldom live up to the black blotch the newspapers had portraited. Instead, it was clear that fire jumps around, skipping over some trees, scorching some, or completely engulfing others. I observed many of the largest trees were safe and sound. The reason? First these trees were in the bottom of a canyon, there was a small stream there, these sorts of areas are generally cooler and damper in summer.It appears that helps keep spontaneous combustion under control. The biggest trees are in areas like this,, water and deeper soils, and less danger from fire. My point is many trees survive and many of these fires would not occur but for the carelessness of people. Humans are starting far too many and one can be certain that from 1910 to 2019 the population of CA has grown ten fold. Finally, throw in a political leadership who coach their followers "to never waste a crisis" and feed fear and hysteria. They are desperate to convince everyone that climate change is the culprit. If they really believed that, then what have they done for the past 20 years? Reduce the state's carbon footprint? You still have a clear and present danger, dry over grown woodlands. Maybe do something about that instead of building a bullet train to nowhere.

[@roybatty-]

Fires always burned in Cali, even before people. People moved in, started extinguishing fires and building homes in these places. But now the fires have returned and mother nature is claiming what is hers.

[@aratusingtheinternet]

I feel like Mother Nature hates cities like L.A. since there were a lot of fires there 🤔 Or am I just stupid

[@im415again]

Everyone’s moving out. Thanks Gavin.

[@Mrbfgray]

Yeah Newsom is proving to be as stupid and useless as Trump.

[@fraided88]

@@Mrbfgray Biden voter spotted

[@Teslamigo]

Fascinating

[@LeslieKailVillarreal]

I've live here for 40 years, Never seen fires like i have in the past 6 years. Theres a lot of errors in that report above

[@msheart2]

Right they also ignore the stands of Eucalyptus which are combustible and claims it's climate change pushing Agenda21, as well as fault lines, ignores the very real weather modification. Look up weather modification history . com with no spaces in your url bar. The other site which is helpful is Climate Viewer. Meteorologist on yt by the channel name 1Pacificredwood is good as well, he's not owned by the UN's WMO.

[@Mrbfgray]

The problem is not frequent enough fires. Fire is not optional in the West. A number of tree species including redwoods can NOT EXIST without fire, they can't reproduce until fire burns under them! Natives lit it off seasonally or more often and it was fine, we come along and arrogantly "know better" shooting Indians for setting necessary fires and this is the ultimate result of decades of fuel build up.

[@cuomogrp]

@@Mrbfgray Unmanaged forest fires equal larger, fewer trees and a healthy forest...managed forest fires equal smaller, numerous trees and an unhealthy forest

[@lesliepropheter5040]

All along the fault lines and where the state is moving N/W. Thanks

[@bosslady1914]

Yup no one talks about how it's all on a big line along San Andreas Fault line, accompanied by earthquakes...

[@derekz275]

For those who failed Geography 101: Fault lines = tectonic uplift = mountains = more rain + cooler temperatures = forests. Forests + drought + lightning = forest fires. Geography is pretty tricky huh?

[@truthylucy7068]

@@bosslady1914 & magma under the fault line.

[@zacharywidener]

@@derekz275 half of the San Andreas is in the desert you idiot.

[@kylemontano228]

Zachary Widener but the earthquakes the fault caused made those mountains

[@ruthnolan13]

what is the orange stuff, compared to the obvious yellow/fire zones? Please clarify, @Esri

[@banedanes2876]

Is there any tutorial for this animated map? I would really like to have some information and guidelines for this particular map. Can anybody help out? Thanks!

[@martincarranza8709]

Living in Culver City, California for 20 years and going to places like Lake Tahoe, Big Bear Lake, Mammoth, Big Sur, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and Eureka for family camping trips every other year, and seeing the scars from the fires in the past and seeing the wildfires burning over areas they already burned is just crazy. California is beautiful until the wildfires come to destroy it all and re-do the landscape all over again. California does have a cycle to have wildfires but majority of the largest fires in USA history and California history show that humans are the real problem and not mother nature just doing her thing. When its man made, the man usually knows what day the weather will be best to burn a ton of acres within minutes. The worst wildfires in states history started between late July to late October and burn usually, especially the larger fires in history, burn until December or even into Spring the following year. Also 8/10 of the largest fires in California history have been in the last 10 years, 10. Matilija, Ventura County, 1932: 220,000 acres. 9. Carr, Shasta County, 2018: 229,651 acres. 8. Zaca, Santa Barbara County, 2007: 240,207 acres. 7. Rim, Tuolumne County, 2013: 257,314 acres. 6. Rush, Lassen County, 2012: 271,911 acres. 5. Cedar, San Diego County, 2003: 273,246 acres. 4. Thomas, Ventura County, 2017: 281,893 acres. 3. SCU Lightning Complex, San Joaquin County, 2020: 339,968 acres. 2. LNU Lightning Complex, Napa County, 2020, 341, 243 acres. 1. Mendocino Complex, Mendocino County, 2018: 459,123 acres. I only saw Carr, Zaca, Cedar, Thomas, and Mendocino fires in person because i have been interested on how wildfires move and wondering how to stop them before they reach city limits. Been interested with wildfires since i was 4 years old.

[@truthylucy7068]

Mother earth is getting ready to reset herself. What we're seeing isn't normal. Weather world wide isn't normal. Countries are practically under water from torrential downpour. Red, orange & purple skies? Since when? Lightening everywhere even on a clear day. Scary! 😬

[@LK-pc4sq]

here is what you are missing. Globally, rain bombs and flash floods are occuring more often. that causes brush to explode then the Lanina fires are out of control due to stunning drought and then the heat waves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3zJfIqGr75np6c

[@NCRonrad]

Yet no mention of Native Cultural Rx burning 🤣👌🏾 it’s no use when your interest is tied to bad science

[@SaunieHolloway]

We used to have great forests with grand trees and abundant wildlife.

[@msheart2]

You did when I was there is 1988 then Agenda21 moved in. look up WeatherModificationHistory. com some time.

[@AlexCab_49]

@@msheart2 Agenda 21 isn't real

[@Mrbfgray]

We can't have any of that WITHOUT FIRE. Redwoods and other species can't even reproduce without fire! Fire is NOT OPTION here, it's an essential element of the system. The problem is putting out ALL fires, the solution is prescribed burns at select times of yr. Preventing frequent low level fires results in decades of fuel build up then THIS.

[@cuomogrp]

Saunie H. I hope you enjoy your wood house you live in

[@ydj8994]

Can you tell me where to learn this kind of animated map making? I really need help in this regard, please!

[@shpongolina]

This video is great but paced too quickly to really take it all in... however, there is an option available to change the speed of the video. Ice loaded all the way down to the lowest setting and that helped tremendously, even the sound is slowed down which makes it all that much more eerie.

[@AlexCab_49]

2020 fire season: Hello

[@RockwellAIM65]

Firstly, firebreaks are now somewhat illegal under state law. Next... L.A. metro went from a population of hundreds of people to 18-23 million, depending on how you count, rather quickly over just a few hundred years. Similarly the entire state went from perhaps 50,000 people to 40 million. Yes, fires are started by lightning, but it's mostly person-based interference that is the cause of fires. Lots of them are magnified by the cessation of proper firebreaks, which are now illegal under state law. Electrification is another problem... but again comes down to human interaction. We need firebreaks to be institutionalized. Then, we need decent equipment+manpower in the regions that are still growing.

[@michaelvitale6696]

Good point, it would be interesting to see this coinciding with population growth and the ban on fire breaks.

[@tamara8908]

RockWell Aim excellent point. I grew up in Southern Cal and i am old enough to remember fire breaks. I live in NorCal now and keep asking, why aren't there any firebreaks?

[@heavenstomurgatroyd7033]

I have never heard that firebreaks were illegal. I live in the Forrest in N. E. Cal. and they are encouraged. 300 foot clear zones around houses are mandatory. (But we'll probably still burn down.....).

[@chrissnyder3430]

@KELLI2L2 You forgot to mention illegally as well.

[@cloudleopard7695]

Why did they ban "firebreaks" ?

[@rickhinojosa5455]

Very good public service video. Be great if you could do this with other weather disasters. I'll have to check your KZbin site. Maybe you HAVE done other videos like this for other weather disasters. Thank you. 🙏

[@davidbudka1298]

It would also be good to show population and urbanization maps too. Land use and changes in vegetation over time as well. Temperature and rainfall too. You might find a correlation amongst all these factors!

[@zac3392]

If only there was a way to keep all that carbon from going up in smoke, and simultaneously to use the renewable resources of trees for something like construction while thinning the forest enough to prevent wildfires... if only...

[@AlexCab_49]

Bush fires can be just as bad forest fires. I think managing the forests or stopping people from bringimg fireworks to forested areas moght help.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@AlexCab_49 These lands cannot exist remotely as "natural" without fire, frequent fire. Putting out ALL fire IS THE PROBLEM. Consider this--a number of species of trees including redwoods *cannot reproduce without fire 1st burning under them* Natives burned it off annually otherwise lightening did it with no one around to stop it. The Smokey Bear mentality is toxic to the forest, it's bullshit. The West was born to burn and if it's done often enough it's not near as bad as this. I've seen prescribe burns that you wouldn't even know were happening from an airplane only visible as small fires under big trees cleaning the forest floor. Fire is NOT OPTIONAL here, ppl need to learn this.

[@tylerk.7947]

Bo McGillacutty exactly. Years of fire suppression will only lead to bigger worse fires. That coupled with climate change and its a recipe for disaster. This is what happens when we build major civilizations in areas prone to fire, earthquakes, drought etc. we need to stop trying to control nature and instead listen to her and choose our locations accordingly

[@Huntress_Hannah]

California is literally always on fire

[@Mrbfgray]

Fire is a fundamental part of the wild landscape, it's not optional but it need not be like this. THIS is the result of the retarded "Smokey Bear syndrome". These lands must burn frequently at lower intensity at a time of our choice or decades of brush builds and this is what we get.

[@waynelast1685]

Since there are a lot more wealthier properties , how does that effect the land management overall ? Are the fire locations correlated to residential density or more randomly distributed?

[@sawahtb]

When I lived in Southern California there were fires every late Summer. I didn't know that before I moved there. I found it unsettling.

[@qministry]

Nice! Interesting if the number and year of man-made forests / wilderness could be transposed to differentiate increasing fires related to addition of forest preserves versus that of increasing temperatures or may be arson.

[@pahudson74]

I'd rather see an overlay of fault lines, earthquakes, and volcanos.

[@msheart2]

Eucalyptus trees are extremely flammable increase temperatures, right it's called weather modification.

[@BradyBaseball13]

Controlled burns and logging dead timber would reduce wildfires in California but a tremendous amount

[@QASIMARA]

Id love to see the video again w/o them leaving past fires on the map.

[@joannmorford905]

On Aug 20-21, 1910 in northern Idaho, eastern Washington and western Montana, hurricane force winds fanned numerous small fires into a conflagration that burned 3 million acres, killed 87 people, wiped many small towns off the map and created the "suppress all fires" mindset in the Forest Service that created the high fuel loads that we are living with today. This fire has been analyzed by many (Google 1910 fire), books have been written and national policy permanently changed our relationship with our forests to favor conservation. This map shows the legacy of that 1910 fire.

[@cuomogrp]

Unmanaged forest fires equal larger, fewer trees and a healthy forest...managed forest fires equal smaller, numerous trees and an unhealthy forest

[@Wahaa935]

Can you make a tutorial how to make it?

[@esrimaps]

Thanks for the comment! We're working on a tutorial series that go over how these are made. Stay tuned!

[@cuomogrp]

@@esrimaps Thats like buying a house and then asking the builder to give you a tutorial on how he built it, lol

[@aliciabousquet5821]

Looks to be directly on fault lines and volcanic fields. But what do I know?

[@derekz275]

For those who failed Geography 101: Fault lines = tectonic uplift = mountains = more rain + cooler temperatures = forests. Forests + drought + lightning = forest fires. Geography is pretty tricky huh? As for the volcanic fields, good luck with that one... Generally they're pretty barren and void of much vegetation.

[@msheart2]

@@derekz275 weather modification history .com

[@Mrbfgray]

This is a CARTOON vid. 250,000 acres is less than 0.25% of California.

[@mhaskins3769]

Thanks Derek for explaining that for these people!

[@meawreg]

this was very interesting,

[@Mrbfgray]

It's a cartoon and not remotely realistic.

[@benchangsaw9652]

Would like to see an updated video after the 2020 fire season.

[@MartinezBros805]

Weather War 1 2020

[@karlthemel2678]

After all California means Hot Furnace (caliinte=hot, el forno=furnace).

[@klokoloko2114]

Now is melting furnace!

[@rory6242]

I think you’re think of “horno,” for oven (or furnace)? As far as I’m aware, “forno” isn’t a word in Spanish. The state is named after the mythical Queen Califa

[@susanbowenmcgregor5036]

wrong

[@jayski9410]

Its remarkable how fire free the central valley is. I'd expect that in the desert areas (very little to burn) but the valley is fairly well developed although its mostly crop land. Maybe that's the answer, it's well irrigated?

[@dennisroland5654]

As of October 4, 2020, the August Complex in northern California has burned 993,191 acres (1,552 square miles) and is 54% contained.

[@mtn1793]

With all those fires you’d think it was totally managed.

[@oldshoe1]

It’s not easy to manage forest fires in california. You got hills, mountains, river streams as obstacles and no roads to lead you to the fires. Literally no access to some of these areas.

[@fivemeomedia]

@Individual-1 you probably think palm trees are native to california too right? lmao

[@grahamjoss4643]

yes it is a stunning visualization, but sorta a misrepresentation b/c it is layering the new years burn pattern over the previous. It is not accounting for re-growth. With a time series range of 100yrs it could be misleading. Can someone critique my 'critique' ?

[@staliaoftheknife9623]

I think in general this gives a good view showing where the fires burn overall. Each time they show a new fire, they highlight the area that the new fires are burning, as well as the older layers(fires) getting darker as new ones show up. Overgrowth would be a different map, this is just showing the geographical distribution of the fires only, as it lists the top ten.

[@andrewclough2199]

It would be interesting to understand the duration between fires, in other words if one area burns then what is the minimum amount of time before another fire in the same place? In other words are the fires effectively removing fuel load and performing a fuel reduction function?

[@a-mohamedabbassa27]

with which software you made this animation ?

[@TrashPanda5150]

2018 fires: It can't get any worse, can it? 2020: Hold my embers...

[@robertmorris4648]

Time for forest management!!

[@cuomogrp]

Unmanaged forest fires equal larger, fewer trees and a healthy forest...managed forest fires equal smaller, numerous trees and an unhealthy forest

[@josesalinas6710]

Many fires start right by fault lines and volcanic fields as well as man made oil fields

[@derekz275]

For those who failed Geography 101: Fault lines = tectonic uplift = mountains = more rain + cooler temperatures = forests. Forests + drought + lightning = forest fires. Geography is pretty tricky huh?

[@msheart2]

@@derekz275 you assume a lot with your those who failed. It's weather modification period.

[@Mrbfgray]

BULLSHIT. Most of these are lightening fires. Fire is not optional here, it's an essential element of the system, multiple tree species including redwoods cannot reproduce without fire! Get used to it. Natives lit it off at least seasonally preventing the build up of excess fuel, we are stupid and allow fuel to build for decades and THIS is the result. They need to burn with low intensity frequently.

[@StofleTheBadger]

Please update this esri to the 2021, ame exact animated map! Thank you

[@Wallus81]

cool map

[@outlawsix1322]

I wonder where the Sasquatch will Migrate🤔.

[@antoniapaulinadelgado1680]

Excellent question!👍

[@hootwho3640]

Seattle

[@chrissnyder3430]

You mean Daryl right???

[@truthylucy7068]

Right back in his own dimension, then a new forestry area. You would think with all the fires, there would be a few sightings? No, because they're interdimensional beings. Folks, we haven't been told everything about the world we live in. It's best to have an open mind as more of the truth will be known. It's not for the faint of heart. ✌

[@miguelbran1854]

Mexico hahahaha

[@PutGodFirst77]

Looks like the forest management is not doing a good job.

[@pepps779]

It would be interesting to do this with an overlay of population growth/expansion within the state as well.

[@scottriggle8039]

Little brush fires have always been common in California but these massive destroy everything fires are something new. I lived in California for 27 years most years there was little to no smoke, weeks of smoke is not normal. I think the really bad fires are being caused by a combination of hotter drier weather and overgrown forests. Unfortunately rain is still 1 to 3 months away so it will be smoky for a while, the smoke won't be as bad if the temperature drops to more normal levels and the airflow becomes less stagnant more west to east.

[@makinamusica]

How come the fires 🔥 are along the faults?

[@derekz275]

For those who failed Geography 101: Fault lines = tectonic uplift = mountains = more rain + cooler temperatures = forests. Forests + drought + lightning = forest fires. Geography is pretty tricky huh?

[@Critical-Thinker895]

... and they STILL don't have a forest management plan in place in California.

[@groundzero6662]

@Picolas Cage Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you're an idiot, than to open it and remove all doubt.

[@taunaengus4978]

California state does a pretty good job of management, the US Forest Service doesn't.

[@10Exahertz]

Its a good think NY cleans its forests so that we dont have forest fires /S

[@bubbleboi28]

@Picolas Cage as much as i hate to say this, it's comments like this that make me wish voting was a little more restricted...

[@gregparrott]

For 2020, some MAJOR revisions will be taking place. The North Complex fire alone is 280,000 acres and growing (60% contained), although some posts already claim it's much larger.

[@velvetmidnight9535]

Thank god I live near la. Just on the rim of the fire to the left of LA along the coast. Not in the madness of the city, get to enjoy the beach everyday. Perfect town

[@godbyone]

Yes spend a trillion to put a golf cart on mars but can't put on wild fires right here

[@Gitfidlpickr]

The government has to give that money to aliens who vote the right way, for welfare recipients, for DACA, for free college and doctoral for special voters .. for their housing, food, medical care, transportation, for special programs to give a headstart in life, for rehab, for their defense and to silence any objections. That includes the lottery money, tax money, bond money, fee money, fine money, death tax money and kickback money. Fires are not a priority

[@shannons1785]

Nasa is a fraud...we have a firmament above us. Sky is blue becuz theres waters above...

[@shannons1785]

Directed energy weapons ...looks like...lightning...army navy websites. This is on pirpose get out of calif

[@hootwho3640]

Environmentalists want them to burn out naturally

[@homemadejoy1047]

@@Gitfidlpickr Thank you for your post! Jesus, the King of Kings, knows this and what to do about it. He loves you and California. 💕

[@chrischris8550]

Seems apocalyptic!

[@despawn7663]

Was this done in an ESRI Engine or was the data incorporated int CS with perhaps the ESRI plugin.

[@despawn7663]

Never mind it was in the description had to hit the Read More button. after effects. Most of the animation elements were likely done there

[@decanator6453]

for those wondering, at the time of this comment we are at 4.1 million acres in 2020. thats 20x 2019 and only is the number from mid-october. hopefully winter will bring less fire.

[@stanmorgan4628]

You just witnessed the result of 100 years of fire suppression.

[@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk]

Stan, you’re exactly right. This guy thinks that fault lines cause fires which is ridiculous. Notice that the valley has few or no fires. Why? Because it’s full of farms and towns and roads and people and therefore, NO FUEL TO BURN. Where all the fires are on the other hand, you have hundreds or thousands of unmanaged acres of shrubs, trees and ground covered with pine needles, leaves, branches and dead wood (fuel that can be 2-3 ft deep) combined with hills and steep terrain. Now bring in a heat wave, a gentle breeze and a meth head smoking his pipe and, voila, you got yourself an unstoppable wild fire. These fault lines have as much to do with fires as beach towels do shark attacks.

[@msheart2]

@@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk This guy also ignores the stands of Eucalyptus which are combustible and claims it's climate change pushing Agenda21, as well as fault lines, ignores the very real weather modification. Look up weather modification history . com with no spaces in your url bar. The other site which is helpful is Climate Viewer. Meteorologist on yt by the channel name 1Pacificredwood is good as well, he's not owned by the UN's WMO.

[@ralphboggs4630]

Why are the trees not burning yet the house are melted. wake up this is being done just like the lake fires and the napa santa rosa fires a few years ago I was there for those fires I know what I saw!!!!

[@SoutheastArizona]

Houses are made from dried lumber and all kinds of combustible materials. If a fire is extreme enough it will burn everything including trees. However most homes burn from embers landing on around the home igniting the structure fire which reaches extreme temperatures destroying and melting everything in side it. Trees however have built up fire resistant bark and are Green living wood full of water that a spark will not ignite like a house does. Again green trees do burn when hit from a raging fire front, but most homes burn from a ground fire and or embers blowing in from the fire front miles away.

[@yunoyukki7344]

@@SoutheastArizona I think he talking about these government made test fires that are melting steel rims off of cars

[@beegirlbernadette6216]

DEW

[@SoutheastArizona]

@@yunoyukki7344 I know what he was referring to which is why i explained the facts. There's not much logic out there these days. There is no govt fires being tested, or DEW. You all are watching too my YT conspiracy videos from people that are delusional.

[@scottriggle8039]

With all these fires I'm starting to wonder if there isn't more burnt forest than healthy forest, the California I remember was mostly healthy forest with only a few burn scars.

[@kxmode]

The Golden State means how well done it is

[@aratusingtheinternet]

It’s called the Golden State from the deadly golden fires

[@101jir]

@@aratusingtheinternet Although funny, I am pretty sure the actual inspiration was the gold rush.