Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)

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Burned-area & burn-severity mapping

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)

USGS / U.S. Forest Service
Scope

Consistent mapping of fire extent and burn severity for large fires across the United States over long time periods.

Strong use

Post-fire extent, burn-severity analysis, historical comparison and remote-sensing-based fire products.

Evidence limits

MTBS is a post-fire mapping program, not a live perimeter service. Product timing and mapping thresholds differ from active-incident needs.

Source policy: Tecnobosque identifies what a source can support and what it cannot. A link to an authoritative source does not transfer authority to Tecnobosque and does not remove the need to preserve publication time, version and incident context.