Announcement

The 2026 – 3rd Quarter Release of fire extent and burn severity data. 

• The 2026 – 3rd Quarter Release of fire extent and burn severity from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project data have been released for 315 fires from multiple fire seasons. The total number of mapped products released by the program is now 30,928. 

Following the 2026 Q1 product release and migration to a new development and distribution system, the mapping team has re-issued earlier map products. Some fire maps experienced data inconsistencies during migration; the issues have been addressed and now affected maps are available.

The 2026 – 2nd Quarter Release of fire extent and burn severity data includes map products from several years.

• Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project data have been released for 207 newly mapped fires from the 2023 (98), 2024 (104) and 2025 (5) fire seasons. The total number of mapped products released by the program is now 30,602.

The 2026 – 1st Quarter Release of fire extent and burn severity data.

• Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project data have been released for 645 newly mapped fires from the 2023 (482), 2024 (147) and 2025 (16) fire seasons. The total number of mapped products released by the program is now 30,390.

The MTBS program has released fire maps for 399 fires from the 2023 and 2024 fire seasons. Included are map products from 295 fires that occurred during the 2023 fire season and Initial Assessments for 104 fires that occurred across CONUS during the 2024 fire season.

MTBS has released 299 newly mapped fires from the 2023 and 2024 fire seasons. Included are map products from 106 fires that occurred in several western states, Alaska, and Hawaii during the 2023 fire season.

MTBS has released 449 newly mapped fires from the 2023 and 2024 fire seasons. Included are map products from 53 fires that occurred in several western states during the 2023 fire season.

MTBS has released 348 newly mapped fires in 26 states, including Hawaii and Alaska, from the 2022 fire season. This release concludes the 2022 fire mapping effort. With this product release on https://www.mtbs.gov/ and associated interactive viewer - https://www.mtbs.gov/viewer/, the total number of fires mapped by the program is now 29,583.

MTBS has released 325 newly mapped fires in 20 CONUS states from 2022 fire season. With this product release on https://www.mtbs.gov/ and associated interactive viewer - https://www.mtbs.gov/viewer/, the total number of fires mapped by the program increased to 31,248.

MTBS has released 297 newly mapped fires in 17 CONUS states from 2022 fire season.  With this product release on https://www.mtbs.gov/ and associated interactive viewer -