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Southern California fire maps
October 23, 2007
Posted by Jess Lee, Product Manager, Google Maps
The devastating
wildfires in Southern California
have burned more than 373,000 acres of land; 350,000 homes have been evacuated. Lots of people have pulled together to make maps with information about the fires, including the burn zones, evacuation alerts, evacuation centers, safe areas, and closed roads. Here's a list of some of the most widely-used fire maps that our Google Maps team is aware of. We hope everyone is safe and that relief comes soon.
San Diego County Fires
- KPBS is updating this map every 5 to 15 minutes with the latest information on the spread of the fire. It appears to be one of the most up-to-date and includes lots of information about evacuation alerts and evacuation centers. It also shows burn zones drawn on the map.
Los Angeles Times 10-23-07 Fires
- Includes status updates on each of the fires, including the number of acres burned, percentage contained, the amount of property damage, injuries and evacuations. The LA Times is updating this quite frequently.
Wildfires in Southern California
- Fire status updates, closed roads, evacuation alerts, and photos by the
Los Angeles Daily News
.
San Diego Under Siege: Witch Creek and Harris Fires info and maps
- This map is focused on the Witch Creek and Harris fires. It appears to have been created by someone who lives in the area who is updating the map as more news appears on TV.
Fire Updates and Road Closures
- This map is specifically about the fires in Santa Clarita, including road closures, burn zones, property damage, and injures.
Witch Creek Fire
- This one is specifically about the Witch Creek fire. It doesn't seem to be getting updated as frequently now; apparently the creator had to leave.
The Orange County Register
- Updates from the
Register
on each of the fires, including evacuated areas, start time, origin, property damage, etc.
Wildfire Photos
- Photos from the
San Diego Union-Tribune
.
Wildfire Videos
- Videos from the
San Diego Union-Tribune
.
2007 Wildfires
- Burn zones and evacuation centers from the
San Diego Union-Tribune.
Los Angeles Times 10-22-07 Fires
- Fire news from yesterday by the
Los Angeles Times
.
Malibu Wildfire Info From blog.sudosu.net
- Specific information about the fires in Malibu. Updates are based on news from the TV and web.
Update
: There's now a Google Earth overlay.
Read more on the LatLong Blog.
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