About a month after igniting on July 24, 2024, the Park fire charred nearly 670 square miles (170,00 hectares) of land in Northern California, according to a situation report from the National Interagency Fire Center.
About a month after igniting on July 24, 2024, the Park fire charred nearly 670 square miles (170,00 hectares) of land in Northern California, according to a situation report from the National Interagency Fire Center. As of late August, the fire ranked as the state’s fourth-largest fire on record and its largest fire so far in 2024.
As the long-duration event unfolded, instruments orbiting Earth collected a wealth of data. For example, optical images captured in July revealed the dramatic smoke plume and burned area after an early period of rapid growth. The visuals on this page rely on detections of the fire’s thermal infrared energy, providing yet more details about the event and its evolution.
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Image: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using ECOSTRESS data from NASA AppEEARS. Basemaps use Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
