Wildfire Burn Severity

Wildfire Burn Severity provides near-real-time, pixel-level wildfire burn severity mapping. It is designed to identify changes caused by an active wildfire and assess their environmental impact on vegetation before regrowth can distort the results.

The solution uses an automated time-series method to establish pre-fire vegetation baselines. Throughout an active event, it identifies burned pixels and calculates their severity, enabling results to be captured before vegetation regrowth changes the observed conditions. This process produces high-confidence maps with pixel-level detail that can support early wildfire response and recovery.

By combining baseline establishment, burned-pixel identification, and timely severity calculation in an automated method, Wildfire Burn Severity supports change detection, environmental impact assessment, vegetation analysis, and mapping.

• Near-real-time mapping: Maps wildfire burn severity near real time at pixel level.
• Pre-fire baselines: Uses an automated time-series method to establish vegetation baselines before a fire.
• Burned-pixel identification: Identifies burned pixels throughout an active event.
• Severity calculation: Calculates severity before regrowth distorts the results.
• High-confidence maps: Produces pixel-level maps that can support early wildfire response and recovery.