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Announcements

2010 MTBS Reporting Summaries Data Updated (June 12, 2012)

A data anomaly was discovered after the April 2012 web release. The anomaly affects only the 2010 data accessed through the MTBS Reporting Summaries web page. The data anomaly has been corrected.

Data Release (April 30, 2012)

MTBS released an additional 1,325 fires to MTBS.gov bringing the total number of fires mapped by the project to 14,944. This data release covers only new fires mapped for the 2010 fire season. With this release the MTBS data record now covers the years 1984 through 2010.

Enhanced Search Features for MTBS Data Analysis (December 29, 2011)

Two additional search features were added to the MTBS Reporting Summaries web page which allows users to further customize tabular and graphical summaries of MTBS data.

Modification to Burn Severity Mosaics (December 29, 2011)

In response to user requests, the regional annual thematic burn severity raster data seamless mosaics broken out by MTBS mapping zone are being replaced with a series of national mosaics.

Data Release (December 16, 2011)

MTBS released an additional 1,119 fires to MTBS.gov bringing the total number of fires mapped by the project to 13,619. This data release includes all mapped fires for the 2009 fire season. With this release the MTBS data record now includes all years from 1984 through 2009.

Data Release (April 22, 2011)

MTBS released an additional 1,551 fires to MTBS.gov bringing the total number of fires mapped by the project to 12,505. This data release includes newly released data as well as revisions for specified fires within the following MTBS zones and years:

Webinar (April 4, 2011)

Registration is now open for the Geospatial Assessment and Application of Burn Severity Data training webinar.

Data Release (October 1, 2010)

MTBS released an additional 124 fires to MTBS.gov bringing the total number of fires mapped by the project to 10,989. This data release includes newly released data as well as revisions for specified fires within the following MTBS zones and years:

Data Release (July 31, 2010)

MTBS released an additional 1,627 fires to MTBS.gov bringing the total number of fires mapped by the project to 10,877. This data release includes newly released data as well as revisions for specified fires within the following MTBS zones and years:

Data Release (April 30, 2010)

MTBS released an additional 1,064 fires to MTBS.gov. This release includes nationwide 2008 fires only. To search for this newly released data, users can query the database by creating a Temporal Data Search by choosing either the Release Date radio button and selecting 04/30/2010 from the dropdown menu or by choosing the Fire Occurrence Date radio button and selecting the date range January 1, 2008 thru December 31, 2008.