MTBS¶
U.S. burn severity and fire perimeter products used for post-fire analysis and wildfire evaluation.
Overview¶
MTBS maps wildfire perimeters and burn severity across the United States using Landsat imagery and standardized spectral change products such as dNBR and RdNBR.
In PyHazards it acts as a post-fire assessment source for burn extent, severity, and long-term wildfire regime studies.
At a Glance¶
Provider |
U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service MTBS program |
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Hazard Family |
Wildfire |
Source Role |
Burn Severity |
Coverage |
United States |
Geometry |
Per-fire rasters with associated vector perimeters |
Spatial Resolution |
30 m |
Temporal Resolution |
Fire-event and fire-year products |
Update Cadence |
Continuous mapping with quarterly releases |
Period of Record |
1984-near present |
Formats |
GeoTIFF, Shapefile, File Geodatabase |
Inspection CLI |
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Data Characteristics¶
Event-based raster layers with vector perimeters for individual fires.
Historical archive from 1984 onward, expanded through quarterly releases.
Includes burn severity classes and supporting spectral severity products.
Product availability depends on Landsat imagery timing and production workflow rather than near-real-time ingest.
Typical Use Cases¶
Post-fire burn severity and impact assessment.
Long-term wildfire regime and trend analysis.
Model evaluation for fire extent and severity prediction.
Access¶
Use the links below to access the upstream source or its public documentation.
PyHazards Usage¶
Use this dataset through the public inspection or registry surface documented below.
This dataset is currently documented as an external or inspection-first
source rather than a public load_dataset(...) entrypoint.
Inspection Workflow¶
Use the documented inspection path below to validate local files before training or analysis.
python -m pyhazards.datasets.mtbs.inspection --path /path/to/mtbs_data --max-items 10