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WFIGS Current Wildfire Incidents

Agency-reported U.S. current wildfire incident points from NIFC for inspecting incident identity, location, size, and update time.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
JSON
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
National Interagency Fire Center
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
Public federal wildfire information with NIFC and contributing-agency attribution; item-specific accuracy and non-legal-use notices apply.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

WFIGS publishes a current incident-point layer derived from agency fire reports. Start with three features from the public ArcGIS layer. Incident locations are approximate, dynamic, and not legal boundaries; cite NIFC and contributing agencies and keep the update timestamp.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read the exact ArcGIS item and its item-specific use notice.
  2. 2.Query three current incident records from the feature layer.
  3. 3.Inspect incident name, size, and modification time.
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Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = ("https://services3.arcgis.com/T4QMspbfLg3qTGWY/arcgis/rest/services/"
       "WFIGS_Incident_Locations_Current/FeatureServer/0/query")
response = requests.get(
    url, params={"where": "IncidentTypeCategory='WF'", "outFields": "OBJECTID,IrwinID,IncidentName,IncidentSize,ModifiedOnDateTime_dt",
                 "returnGeometry": "false", "resultRecordCount": 3, "f": "json"}, timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for feature in response.json()["features"][:3]:
    row = feature["attributes"]
    print(row["IrwinID"], row["IncidentName"], row["ModifiedOnDateTime_dt"])
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect Current U.S. Wildfire Points

Review three agency incidents before mapping wildfire context.

  1. 01Keep the IRWIN ID, incident type, update time, and source agency.
  2. 02Check freshness and exclude prescribed fires when needed.
  3. 03Explain why a point does not identify a smoke plume's origin.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

National Interagency Fire Center is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: current agency-reported wildfire incidents.

Geography

United States

Formats

JSON

Provider

National Interagency Fire Center

Data Terms

Public federal wildfire information with NIFC and contributing-agency attribution; item-specific accuracy and non-legal-use notices apply.

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