The Dixie Fire burned for 104 days from July 13 to October 25, 2021, becoming California's largest single-source wildfire at 963,309 acres. I worked on this fire before transitioning into GIS full-time.
Explore the final fire perimeter on 3D terrain. Pan, zoom, and rotate to see how the fire spread across Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Inspired by NASA's fire visualizations .
Location: Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, Tehama Counties
Cause: Utility equipment (tree contact with PG&E line)
Suppression Cost: $637.4 million
Containment: 100% on October 25, 2021
Fire perimeter from CA FRAP (Fire and Resource Assessment Program)
Mapbox GL JS 3D Terrain • CA FRAP GeoJSON • WebGL Rendering
Interactive 3D map with satellite imagery and terrain exaggeration. Use mouse to pan, scroll to zoom, right-click to rotate view.