October 21, 2020 - Bullfrog Fire

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   California’s long and difficult fire season continues, with 22 blazes
   active across the state as of October 20, 2020. Twelve of those are
   listed as major fires by CAL FIRE.

   According to CAL FIRE, between January 1 and October 18 there were
   8,685 fires handled by either CAL FIRE or the U.S. Forest Service,
   which has burned 4,129,924 acres. The 5-year average for the same
   period is 5,169 blazes and 53,034 acres burned.

   On October 19, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of
   one of these many blazes, the Bullfrog Fire. Each red hot spot marks an
   area where the thermal bands on the MODIS instrument detected high
   temperatures. When combined with smoke, as in this image, such hot
   spots mark actively burning fire. Heavy gray smoke pours from the fire,
   primarily blowing southeast. Additional smoke fills the surrounding
   valleys.

   The Bullfrog fire ignited on the afternoon of September 9 about
   forty-three miles northeast of Clovis, California on the eastern fringe
   of the Dinky Lakes Wilderness west of Courtright Reservoir. According
   to Inciweb Incident Information System, this fire is being managed by
   the Sierra National Forest using a confine-and-contain strategy, which
   takes advantage of trails, natural features and hand crews to fully
   suppress the fire. As of the report on October 20, the Bullfrog Fire
   has burned 1,185 Acres and was 60 percent contained.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 10/19/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (81 KB),  500m (276.9 KB),  250m (843.4 KB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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