2003 Southern California Fire Assessments: Fire Threat Tables
Fire Threat is a composite index of expected fire probability and expected fire behavior, derived from mapped data on fuels, topography, and fire rotation.Disclaimer
FRAP/RSL make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. In particular, data relating to recently burned areas reflect generalized perimeters and represent coarse, preliminary assessments of the fire perimeters, and fire sizes, and may change or not correspond to other officially reported acreage. Areas close to, or inside of the perimeters represented here may or may not have actually burned. The user will not seek to hold either the Federal or State Government, nor the US Forest Service or CDF liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps.See http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp for state- and county-wide data sets of Fire Threat, along with complete metadata. Also see http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/assessment2003/Assessment_Summary/forest_health_300.pdf for a statewide summary of fire threat.
Map of Fire Perimeters Overlaid on Fire Threat (1,736 Kb)
October 2003 Southern California Fires
| Fire | Little or None | Moderate | High | Very High | Extreme | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar | 10,833 | 7,717 | 15,699 | 126,908 | 112,082 | 273,239 |
| Grand Prix | 4,193 | 2,802 | 12,412 | 47,817 | 25,338 | 92,563 |
| Mountain | 116 | - | - | 4,297 | 5,918 | 10,331 |
| Old | 1,371 | 205 | 6,627 | 20,569 | 20,908 | 49,681 |
| Otay | 719 | 10 | 361 | 35,793 | 7,749 | 44,632 |
| Padua | 10 | 395 | 2,286 | 3,946 | 3,838 | 10,475 |
| Paradise | 3,558 | 596 | 3,506 | 26,794 | 22,054 | 56,508 |
| Piru | 1,243 | 163 | 403 | 35,558 | 26,349 | 63,716 |
| Roblar | - | - | - | 2,011 | 2,812 | 4,823 |
| Simi | 2,330 | 2,597 | 6,279 | 79,084 | 17,295 | 107,585 |
| Verdale | 37 | - | 2 | 8,256 | 200 | 8,495 |
| All | 24,412 | 14,485 | 47,575 | 391,034 | 244,543 | 722,049 |
Approximately 88% (635 thousand acres) of the burned area was in very high or extreme fire threat classes.
For more information, please contact:Dave Sapsis
Wildland Fire Scientist
CDF Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)
PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
916.445.5369
dave.sapsis@fire.ca.gov