Below are some datasets commonly used in wildland fire that are not associated with single application. The list is not comprehensive, nor is it any particular order of significance. Any questions about the dataset should be directed to the originating source.
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Open Data
First stop for wildland fire data!
Federal interagency wildland fire maps and data used in active wildland fire response and planning. Datasets include: Fire Occurrence, Fire Perimeters, Historical Operational Data, Jurisdiction, Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS), Potential Operational Delineations (PODs), Geographic Area Coordination Centers (GACCs), Federal Dispatch Areas, Predictive Service Areas (PSAs), ... and much more!
Combined Wildland Fire Datasets for the United States and Certain Territories 1800s-Present
Dataset produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) which combines input from 40 different datasets into a single polygon dataset encompassing the known wildfires and prescribed fires within the United States and certain territories.
Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP)
Interactive, 2D/3D situational awareness viewers, and source for key datasets for use in wildfire activities from planning to response. Datasets include: Lightning, ....
Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)US/Canada
Formerly known as Active Fire Mapping, this site is a joint NASA / USFS effort to provide satellite imagery and products related to wildfire activity including real-time MODIS and VIIRS active fire detection data and real-time Landsat active fire detection data.
LANDFIRE (LF)
This shared program between the wildland fire management programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Interior, provides landscape scale geospatial viewers, mosaics, and streaming data to support cross-boundary planning, management, and operations.
Spatial Wildfire Occurrence Data for the United States 1992-2020
Interagency wildfire locations from federal, state, and local fire organizations compiled by Karen Short for use in Fire Program Analysis.
Wildfire Risk To Communities
Congressionally directed effort to show risk (likelihood, intensity, exposure, and susceptibility) of communities to wildfire.