Wolf fire west of Los Angeles, California

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The Wolf Fire, west of Los Angeles and about 10 miles northwest of the town of Ojai, California, started on June 1, 2002. By Wednesday morning, June 5, the fire, which is burning in steep, rugged terrain, covered in chaparral, pinion pine, and grass, had spread to over 8,000 acres. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. This image of the fire (red outline) and the heavy smoke being produced were captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on June 3, 2002. Multiple structures have been lost on a private ranch in the Los Padres National Forest. Numerous campsites and entrances to the Los Padres National Forest and the Sespe Wilderness Area have been closed to the public. The fire was expected to spread northeastward over the course of the day.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2002-06-04