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:

  • Pacific Southwest: newly released data and revisions for 1984-2008
  • Southwest: newly released data and revisions for 1984-2008
  • North Central: six fires various years
  • South Central: one fire for 1996

Please note that the Data Version tab in the MTBS Data Search and Distribution Tools allows users to query for either original or revised datasets, or both. All search results are returned with each fire noted as "Original" or "Revised" in the version column of the query results page in addition to displaying the reason for the revision in the revision code column.

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