ORNL DAAC Data Release - CMS: An integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED), Version 1, Continental U.S., 1992-2021

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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) released a new dataset for the Carbon Monitoring System.

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) project is designed to make significant contributions in characterizing, quantifying, understanding, and predicting the evolution of global carbon sources and sinks through improved monitoring of carbon stocks and fluxes. CMS uses NASA satellite observations and modeling/analysis capabilities to establish the accuracy, quantitative uncertainties, and utility of products for supporting national and international policy, regulatory, and management activities. CMS data products inform near-term decision-making, market applications, and program development.

An integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED), Version 1, Continental U.S., 1992-2021

This dataset provides an integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED version 1) for wildfire events of 100 ha or more in area from 1992 to 2021 for the continental US. Fire information was compiled from a variety of state, regional, and federal-level agencies responsible for filing and archiving incident level reports. Additional information was obtained from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) program initiated in the mid-2000s. MTBS is being continuously updated as new satellite remote sensing data are collected and processed. The data are provided in comma separated values (CSV) format.

More information on this dataset and others like it can be found on the Carbon Monitoring System project page..

Citations: Kasischke, E. S., French, N. H. F., Billmire, M., Redhuis, D., & Cook, C. (2025). An integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED), Version 1, Continental U.S., 1992-2021 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2452