North America wildfire threat intelligence (daily)
VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot detections for Canada and the continental USA from NRCan's CWFIS GeoServer WFS, for the last complete UTC day, clustered into fire events (deterministic union-find, 7 km haversine linkage). Each row is one fire event: detection count, centroid, convex-hull activity footprint (km^2), per-event fire-behavior aggregates (max/mean FRP, rate of spread, head fire intensity, crowning fraction), mean Canadian FWI-system components with an internal danger class, a documented 0-100 threat score (0.35 log-norm HFI + 0.25 log-norm ROS + 0.20 crowning + 0.20 log-norm FRP) ranked as threat_rank, nearest of 42 major US/Canadian communities with a documented community_risk flag, agencies and country codes, exact WFS source URL, and row hashes. Primary key: event_id. Cadence: daily; as_of is the observation day, so identical input produces an identical content hash. Caveats: detections are approximations (cloud, revisit, false positives) — CWFIS warns its products may not show the most current fire situation; estarea_sum_ha overcounts (sums per-detection estimates across overpasses); null fire-behavior values score as 0. Open Government Licence - Canada — commercial_use = yes, attribution required. Sample use: order by threat_rank for today's most dangerous fires, or filter community_risk in ('high','elevated').
- Rows
- 559
- Columns
- 36
- Source cadence
- Daily
- Last refreshed
- Sep 26, 2026
- Theme
- environment
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| as_of | string | Observation day (the last complete UTC day). Fixed per run so identical input produces an identical content hash. (unit: date) |
| event_id | string | Fire-event id: sha1 of the sorted detection uids, 12 hex chars. Stable primary key. (unit: id) |
| n_hotspots | integer | Number of satellite hotspot detections clustered into this event for the day. (unit: count) |
| centroid_lat | float | Mean latitude of the event's detections. (unit: degrees) |
| centroid_lon | float | Mean longitude of the event's detections. (unit: degrees) |
| footprint_km2 | float | Convex-hull area of the event's detections (equirectangular km projection) — the area that showed fire activity during the day; 0 for single-detection events. (unit: km^2) |
| country_code | string | ISO alpha-3 country code(s) from the detections' agency codes (comma-joined when an event spans the border); empty when unverifiable — never guessed. |
| agencies | string | CWFIS agency codes on the detections (province/state/territory, comma-joined, sorted). |
| first_rep_utc | string | Earliest detection report time in the event (ISO 8601 UTC). |
| last_rep_utc | string | Latest detection report time in the event (ISO 8601 UTC). |
| max_frp_mw | float | Maximum fire radiative power across the event's detections. (unit: MW) |
| mean_frp_mw | float | Mean fire radiative power across the event's detections. (unit: MW) |
| max_ros_m_min | float | Maximum rate of spread (Canadian FWI system model output). (unit: m/min) |
| mean_ros_m_min | float | Mean rate of spread across the event's detections. (unit: m/min) |
| max_hfi_kw_m | float | Maximum head fire intensity (Byram) across the event's detections. (unit: kW/m) |
| max_cfb | float | Maximum crowning fraction (0-1) across the event's detections; high values mean canopy fire. (unit: fraction) |
| mean_ffmc | float | Mean Fine Fuel Moisture Code (Canadian FWI system). |
| mean_dmc | float | Mean Duff Moisture Code (Canadian FWI system). |
| mean_dc | float | Mean Drought Code (Canadian FWI system). |
| mean_isi | float | Mean Initial Spread Index (Canadian FWI system). |
| mean_bui | float | Mean Buildup Index (Canadian FWI system). |
| mean_fwi | float | Mean Fire Weather Index (Canadian FWI system). |
| fwi_danger_class | string | Internal FWI danger class from mean_fwi: low (<5), moderate (<12), high (<25), very high (<40), extreme (>=40). Dataset-internal bins, documented — not the official CFFDRS classes. (unit: category) |
| dominant_fuel | string | Most common Canadian FBP fuel type code among the detections (e.g. C5, D1); empty when unknown. |
| estarea_sum_ha | float | Sum of per-detection estimated areas. OVERCOUNTS the same ground across satellite overpasses — use footprint_km2 or estarea_max_ha for extent. (unit: ha) |
| estarea_max_ha | float | Largest single-detection estimated area in the event. (unit: ha) |
| nearest_community | string | Nearest of the 42 major US/Canadian communities in the gazetteer (by centroid). |
| nearest_region | string | Province/state of nearest_community. |
| distance_km | float | Haversine distance from the event centroid to nearest_community. (unit: km) |
| threat_score | float | Documented 0-100 threat score: 100 * (0.35 * lognorm(max_hfi, 50000) + 0.25 * lognorm(max_ros, 30) + 0.20 * min(1, max_cfb) + 0.20 * lognorm(max_frp, 500)), where lognorm(x, ref) = log10(1+x)/log10(1+ref) clipped to [0,1]. Null fire-behavior fields count as 0 (documented). (unit: score) |
| threat_rank | integer | Fire-event rank within the snapshot (1 = highest threat_score; ties broken by n_hotspots desc, then event_id asc). (unit: rank) |
| community_risk | string | Documented proximity flag: 'high' when distance_km <= 50 and threat_score >= 60; 'elevated' when distance_km <= 100 and threat_score >= 40; else 'background'. (unit: category) |
| sensors | string | Satellite sensors that reported the event's detections (comma-joined, sorted; e.g. VIIRS-I, MODIS). |
| satellites | string | Satellites that reported the event's detections (comma-joined, sorted; e.g. NOAA-20, Terra). |
| source_url | string | The exact CWFIS WFS GetFeature URL queried for this run's as_of day. (unit: URL) |
| row_hash | string | SHA-256 (16 hex chars) over the row's content fields; identical input yields an identical hash, so a re-run on an unchanged day is a no-op. (unit: hash) |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| as_of | event_id | n_hotspots | centroid_lat | centroid_lon | footprint_km2 | country_code | agencies | first_rep_utc | last_rep_utc | max_frp_mw | mean_frp_mw | max_ros_m_min | mean_ros_m_min | max_hfi_kw_m | max_cfb | mean_ffmc | mean_dmc | mean_dc | mean_isi | mean_bui | mean_fwi | fwi_danger_class | dominant_fuel | estarea_sum_ha | estarea_max_ha | nearest_community | nearest_region | distance_km | threat_score | threat_rank | community_risk | sensors | satellites | source_url | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 60a83a1c972b | 145 | 37.619 | -119.607 | 14.31 | USA | CA | 2026-09-25T04:49:00Z | 2026-09-25T23:39:00Z | 388.39 | 24.489 | 19.967 | 7.402 | 81,360 | 1 | 92.803 | 318.337 | 829.809 | 17.076 | 344.469 | 47.745 | extreme | C5 | 257.4 | 5.08 | San Francisco | California | 247.1 | 96.34 | 1 | background | MODIS,VIIRS-I | Aqua,NOAA-20,NOAA-21,Terra | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | c184ce979f8aa691 |
| 2026-09-25 | 02ade6b8ef0c | 169 | 46.754 | -111.729 | 29.373 | USA | MT | 2026-09-25T03:13:00Z | 2026-09-25T21:01:00Z | 302.178 | 17.876 | 19.967 | 7.24 | 41,786 | 1 | 90.3 | 147.516 | 671.83 | 9.907 | 168.506 | 26.318 | very high | C3 | 1,104.47 | 18.61 | Missoula | Montana | 173 | 94.96 | 2 | background | MODIS,SLSTR,VIIRS-I | NOAA-20,NOAA-21,S3A,S3B,Terra | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | 0525324d0b0d1193 |
| 2026-09-25 | b5cd8846c59e | 7 | 34.069 | -107.208 | 0.43 | USA | NM | 2026-09-25T16:48:00Z | 2026-09-25T20:57:00Z | 36.05 | 15.526 | 18.951 | 13.582 | 19,926 | 1 | 93.876 | 105.745 | 777.12 | 22.176 | 155.467 | 55.22 | extreme | C5 | 59.26 | 8.55 | Phoenix | Arizona | 455.1 | 85.44 | 3 | background | MODIS,VIIRS-I | NOAA-20,NOAA-21,Terra | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | 9ef276e5781e7d33 |
| 2026-09-25 | 4f65c834009d | 11 | 44.916 | -116.459 | 0.498 | USA | ID | 2026-09-25T03:13:00Z | 2026-09-25T10:19:00Z | 38.09 | 6.011 | 14.225 | 1.823 | 29,185 | 1 | 92.667 | 292.861 | 808.836 | 16.505 | 319.136 | 45.859 | extreme | M1_50 | 28.78 | 4.43 | Boise | Idaho | 145.9 | 84.88 | 4 | background | MODIS,VIIRS-I | NOAA-20,NOAA-21,Terra | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | d575aff000fb2fe1 |
| 2026-09-25 | e5c50c5c5dea | 4 | 45.204 | -118.354 | 0.183 | USA | OR | 2026-09-25T05:32:09Z | 2026-09-25T10:19:00Z | 17.531 | 5.575 | 17.402 | 15.813 | 32,596 | 1 | 93.352 | 202.218 | 895.555 | 18.888 | 242.585 | 52.522 | extreme | C6 | 60.67 | 24.95 | Boise | Idaho | 245.8 | 84.21 | 5 | background | SLSTR,VIIRS-I | NOAA-21,S3A | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | f4253020f65d1994 |
| 2026-09-25 | 0a6565f94e12 | 1 | 40.118 | -123.476 | 0 | USA | CA | 2026-09-25T23:41:00Z | 2026-09-25T23:41:00Z | 7.93 | 7.93 | 19.967 | 19.967 | 36,427 | 1 | 92.803 | 318.337 | 829.809 | 17.076 | 344.469 | 47.745 | extreme | C3 | 5.08 | 5.08 | San Francisco | California | 275 | 83.17 | 6 | background | MODIS | Aqua | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | 6a634f6e267601b9 |
| 2026-09-25 | 48f53bbb0d48 | 11 | 32.089 | -116.483 | 0.554 | — | MX | 2026-09-25T20:02:00Z | 2026-09-25T23:39:00Z | 106.01 | 44.641 | 9.029 | 1.642 | 12,693 | 1 | 87.9 | 87.1 | 350.9 | 6.8 | 107.5 | 25 | very high | M1_50 | 81.56 | 7.41 | San Diego | California | 94.6 | 82.38 | 7 | elevated | MODIS,VIIRS-I | Aqua,NOAA-20,NOAA-21 | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | c13882afc76ac09c |
| 2026-09-25 | b1c1060e3001 | 4 | 44.87 | -116.328 | 0.154 | USA | ID | 2026-09-25T09:37:00Z | 2026-09-25T10:19:00Z | 1.04 | 0.81 | 14.225 | 14.225 | 28,543 | 1 | 92.803 | 318.337 | 829.809 | 17.076 | 344.469 | 47.745 | extreme | C6 | 9.19 | 2.3 | Boise | Idaho | 139.7 | 75.3 | 8 | background | VIIRS-I | NOAA-20,NOAA-21 | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | b1fbf10c8bbf4498 |
| 2026-09-25 | 610345773e21 | 3 | 46.585 | -113.878 | 0.079 | USA | MT | 2026-09-25T09:34:00Z | 2026-09-25T09:34:00Z | 1.09 | 0.953 | 14.225 | 14.225 | 24,150 | 1 | 92.803 | 318.337 | 829.809 | 17.076 | 344.469 | 47.745 | extreme | C6 | 8.14 | 2.71 | Missoula | Montana | 32.9 | 74.84 | 9 | high | VIIRS-I | NOAA-20 | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | 0bccd8dba153e1b1 |
| 2026-09-25 | dc1f0853e502 | 1 | 47.891 | -113.476 | 0 | USA | MT | 2026-09-25T09:34:00Z | 2026-09-25T09:34:00Z | 0.59 | 0.59 | 14.225 | 14.225 | 24,356 | 1 | 92.803 | 318.337 | 829.809 | 17.076 | 344.469 | 47.745 | extreme | C6 | 4.02 | 4.02 | Missoula | Montana | 120.1 | 73.99 | 10 | background | VIIRS-I | NOAA-20 | https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/geoserver/public/wfs?service=WFS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=public%3Ahotspots&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&cql_filter=rep_date+DURING+2026-09-25T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F2026-09-25T23%3A59%3A59Z | ac71cd76c4f56a22 |
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20260926T064907Z-a725114f5152 · sha256 a725114f5152…
559 rows · first snapshot
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/wildfire_threat_signals/wildfire_fire_events_daily" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/wildfire_threat_signals/wildfire_fire_events_daily").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/wildfire_threat_signals/wildfire_fire_events_daily
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.
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North America Wildfire Threat Intelligence. (2026). North America wildfire threat intelligence (daily) [Data set, snapshot 20260926T064907Z-a725114f5152, sha256 a725114f5152]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-26, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/wildfire_threat_signals/wildfire_fire_events_daily?snapshot=20260926T064907Z-a725114f5152
@misc{dz_wildfire_threat_signals_wildfire_fire_ev_a725114f,
title = {{North America wildfire threat intelligence (daily)}},
author = {{North America Wildfire Threat Intelligence}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/wildfire_threat_signals/wildfire_fire_events_daily?snapshot=20260926T064907Z-a725114f5152}},
note = {Snapshot 20260926T064907Z-a725114f5152, sha256 a725114f5152e1a79826f7ed4d3d35a976d449ee3260611d6df765a8549d208f; accessed 2026-09-26}
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