fire_finder.py is a simple utility that parses open-source NASA FIRMS data, and returns a geojson file of fires within a given bounding-box.
- Install Python3 or greater.
- Install the required packages
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 fire_finder.py -h
usage: fire_finder.py [-h] [--download-csvs] [--config-file] [--merge-sensitivity MERGE_SENSITIVITY] output_file
positional arguments:
output_file The path to where the geojson file will be written.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--download-csvs Download new CSV files; delete old ones.
--config-file The path to the config.json file.
--merge-sensitivity MERGE_SENSITIVITY
Value between 0 and 8: 0=111 km; 1=11.1 km; 2=1.11 km; 3=111 m; 4=11.1 m; 5=1.11 m; 6=0.111 m; 7=1.11 cm; 8=1.11 mm
You can either place the config.json in the same directory as the fire_finder.py script or, when executing the script,
point the --config-file parameter to where ever the config.json exists on disk.
- country_bounding_box: Exclude any values outside this area. Given in the format:
[lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2] - csv_urls: The full URL to the CSV files you wish to merge and analyze.
- csv_output_directory: The path where CSVs (NASA FIRMS data) is cached.
{
"country_bounding_box": [6.5, -84, 10, -76.5],
"csv_urls": [
"https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/c6/csv/MODIS_C6_Global_7d.csv",
"https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_7d.csv",
"https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-20-viirs-c2/csv/J1_VIIRS_C2_Global_7d.csv"
],
"csv_output_directory": "csvs/",
}
- Merge wildfires within 11 km of each other.
python3 fire_finder.py --merge-sensitivity=2 my_output.json- Don't merge wildfires at all.
python3 fire_finder.py --merge-sensitivity=8 my_output.json- Download CSVs first (refresh data if its been updated)
python3 fire_finder.py --download-csvs my_output.json Seen Count First Seen Date Latitude Longitude
------------ ------------------- ---------- -----------
4 2020-12-13 06:36:00 9.16883 -79.5373
4 2020-12-14 19:06:00 8.0566 -81.2318
3 2020-12-18 17:48:00 9.34745 -79.8887
3 2020-12-15 18:48:00 8.57511 -76.6631
2 2020-12-12 06:54:00 9.07947 -79.4935
2 2020-12-18 18:42:00 8.54965 -82.563
2 2020-12-16 18:30:00 9.75075 -82.9732
2 2020-12-13 06:36:00 9.83225 -83.9052
2 2020-12-16 18:30:00 9.88388 -83.0591
2 2020-12-16 18:30:00 8.57937 -76.6668
2 2020-12-15 17:54:00 8.59975 -78.0831
2 2020-12-14 18:12:00 8.47589 -80.9597
2 2020-12-12 18:54:00 8.20811 -82.0011
2 2020-12-12 06:54:00 9.83034 -83.904
1 2020-12-14 19:06:00 9.56013 -82.5825
1 2020-12-14 06:18:00 8.46741 -81.4435
1 2020-12-14 07:12:00 8.46826 -81.4455
1 2020-12-16 18:30:00 9.83867 -83.9608
1 2020-12-18 18:35:00 9.341 -79.882
1 2020-12-12 18:00:00 8.46299 -79.9754
Fires must be within 1.11 km of one another to be merged.
Using this method to merge 29 into 20 wildfires.
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Config File: config.json
Output File: my_output.json
{
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"features": [
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"geometry": {
"type": "MultiPoint",
"coordinates": [
[
9.16883,
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"LONGITUDE": -79.53727,
"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-13",
"ACQ_TIME": "0636"
}
},
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "MultiPoint",
"coordinates": [
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"LONGITUDE": -81.23181,
"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-14",
"ACQ_TIME": "1906"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"ACQ_TIME": "1748"
}
},
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"coordinates": [
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-15",
"ACQ_TIME": "1848"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-12",
"ACQ_TIME": "0654"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-18",
"ACQ_TIME": "1842"
}
},
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"geometry": {
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"coordinates": [
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"LONGITUDE": -82.97324,
"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-16",
"ACQ_TIME": "1830"
}
},
{
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"geometry": {
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"coordinates": [
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"LONGITUDE": -83.90525,
"ACQ_DATE": "2020-12-13",
"ACQ_TIME": "0636"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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}
},
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]
]
},
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}
},
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]
]
},
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"ACQ_TIME": "1754"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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"ACQ_TIME": "1812"
}
},
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]
]
},
"properties": {
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}
},
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]
]
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}
},
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]
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}
},
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]
]
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}
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}
}
]
}