Read a description of how the wildland fire occurrence reports were converted into shapefile format.  This description is also in the metadata included with the shapefiles or geodatabase.

How to access the data

Download the Data

Federal fire occurrence data for the time period 1980 through 2012 is available for download in shapefile format or compressed file geodatabase formats in ZIP files.  Data is available by agency and also in a single shapefile for all agencies.  Please note that several of these ZIP files are quite large!

• All agencies - 45 MB
• BIA - 8.6 MB
• BLM - 10.0 MB
• BOR - 12 KB
• USFS - 22 MB
• FWS - 1.8 MB
• NPS - 2.8 MB
• All agencies or by each agency (compressed file geodatabase) - 68 MB

Map Viewer

Federal fire occurrence data can now be viewed, queried and downloaded from a map viewer.

Open the Map Viewer

Alternatively, the map service can be added to an ArcMap project.  Follow these instructions to learn how to add the data to ArcMap.

1. In ArcMap, click the Add Data button.
2. In the Add Data dialog box, double-click "GIS Servers".
3. Double-click "Add ArcGIS Server".
4. Choose Use GIS Servers and Click Next.
5. Add "wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/services" to the http:// in the URL of Server text field and then click Finish.
6. Double-click on "arcgis on wildfire.cr.usgs.gov" in the Add Data dialog box.
7. Select "firehistory" in the Add Data dialog box and click Add.
8. The service will be added to the ArcMap project.

The Federal Fire Occurrence Website is an official Department of the Interior Website provided by the United States Geological Survey. This is a U.S. Government Computer System. Before continuing, please read this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement.