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Flames consume woody fuels in a managed wildfire, New Mexico

Wildland Fire Science

USGS Fire Science is fundamental to understanding the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events. USGS scientists possess diverse technical capabilities that are used to address a variety of problems posed by wildland fires. Outcomes of USGS science can be used by fire and land managers to respond to fire-related issues when they arise.

Flames consume woody fuels in a managed wildfire, New Mexico

Wildland Fire Science

USGS Fire Science is fundamental to understanding the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic events. USGS scientists possess diverse technical capabilities that are used to address a variety of problems posed by wildland fires. Outcomes of USGS science can be used by fire and land managers to respond to fire-related issues when they arise.

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Integrated Scenarios of the Future Northwest Environment

Photograph of Johanna M. Blake, Research Hydrologist (Geochemist), USGS - New Mexico Water Science Center

Johanna M. Blake, Ph.D.

Hazard Roundup--February 2008

Featured Films and Shorts

EROS in Action - Landscapes of West Africa with Gray Tappan

Image of Blake Hossack

Blake Hossack, Ph.D.

Caribou walking in a line in the winter in Northern Alaska

Caribou walking in a line in the winter in Northern Alaska

A single caribou in the winter in Northern Alaska

A single caribou in the winter in Northern Alaska

Caribou in the Winter in Northern Alaska

Caribou in the Winter in Northern Alaska

Caribou in the Winter in Northern Alaska

Caribou from the Central Arctic Herd in the winter in Northern Alaska

Hazard Roundup--June 2008

Featured Films and Shorts

Misty pine trees overlaid with photo of man with short black hair wearing hiking gear on snowy landscape.

Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Steve Matsuoka, Research Wildlife Biologist

Featured Films and Shorts

Misty pine trees overlaid with photo of man with short black hair wearing hiking gear on snowy landscape. AD version.

Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Steve Matsuoka, Research Wildlife Biologist (AD)

Presentations and Events

PubTalk 7/2010 — Looking Down On Our Planet

Presentations and Events

October 25, 2007

PubTalk 10/2007 — Fire As An Ecosystem Process

How to's and trainings

Minute 319 Pulse Flow

Image of Yosemite Valley

Land use and carbon modeling in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Measuring biomass

Ecosystem Modelling and Decision Support

Image of Mount Adams with grassland and trees

Land Use and Climate Change Team

Featured Films and Shorts

The Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps walk their cycles up Minerva Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

February 1, 2022

Monthly update of activity at Yellowstone Volcano for Jan 2022

mud, large boulders, and overturned FTE next to house

February 17, 2021

How Often Do Rainstorms Cause Debris Flows in Burned Areas of the Southwestern U.S.?

NCA5 contributors from PCMSC pose in front of the PCMSC office

November 20, 2023

PCMSC Scientists Among USGS Contributors to National Climate Assessment

Image: Fire Damage in Yosemite National Park

Fire Damage in Yosemite National Park

Charts or Graphs

screenshot of an model that simulates the wind direction and speed during a wildfire. Colored arrows symbolize the wind velocity and direction.

September 1, 2023

Modeling to Support Proactive Approaches to Wildland Fire

J Alan Roebuck, Jr., PhD

Picture of Sheila Murphy

Sheila Murphy

Featured Films and Shorts

December 21, 2009

Summer Fieldwork in Everglades National Park

November 11, 2010

Unearthing the Secrets Beneath the Forest Floor

Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

November 9, 2016

Soil-hydraulic property, soil depth, and soil saturation observations within the 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire area, Colorado, USA following the 2013 Colorado floods

Six USGS Scientists hold up a poster they presented in front of the U.S. Capitol.

USGS Scientists at Capitol Hill Roundtable on Extreme Events

Michelle Walvoord

Michelle Walvoord

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