It’s challenging to keep up with all the wildfires raging in California.
But Esri, an interactive mapping company based in Redlands, Calif., is doing just that.
The company has created a 2015 California Wildfire Activity web page, culling information from Cal Fire, the US Geological Survey, the National Park Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and more, providing live updates about the 20-plus blazes ripping through the state. Most of the information is also being pulled into the National Interagency Fire Center.
Not only does the map show in real time where the fires are, but how much they are costing to put out, how many homes are threatened, how many acres they have charred, what agency is fighting them, when they started and links to the original source of information.
"We just want to inform people what's going on," Esri spokesman Robby Deming said.
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A firefighter uses a drip torch to start a backfire as he battles the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A massive plume of smoke rises from the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A Cal Fire firefighter uses a drip torch to start a backfire as he battles the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Residents watch a large plume of smoke from the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake Oakes, California.
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A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant on a ridge in front of the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a backfire as he battles the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A Cal Fire firefighter is silhouetted by his headlamp as he monitors a backfire while battling the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015.
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A firefighter uses a drip torch to start a backfire on August 3, 2015. Nearly 3,000 firefighters are battling the Rocky Fire that has burned over 60,000 acres has forced the evacuation of 12,000 residents in Lake County.
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A firefighter uses a drip torch to start a backfire on August 3, 2015.
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An evacuated resident wakes up at the Moose Lodge where several dozen Rocky Fire evacuees are staying on August 4, 2015 in Clearlake Oakes, California.
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Evacuated resident Eddie Marshall wakes up at the Moose Lodge where several dozen evacuees are staying on August 4, 2015 in Clearlake Oakes, California. The fire forced the evacuation of at least 12,000 residents in Lake County.
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A sign thanking firefighters battling the Rocky Fire is posted in front of the Moose Lodge on August 4, 2015 in Clearlake Oakes, California.
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A firefighter moves away from a tall flame as he uses a drip torch to burn dry grass during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A firefighter throws a flare into dry brush during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A firefighter walks by burned out trees during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Firefighters monitor a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015. Nearly 3,000 firefighters have been battling the Rocky Fire that has burned over 60,000 acres.
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A firefighting helicopter drops water on a spot fire along Highway 20 during a backfire operation near Clearlake, California.
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A Long Beach Fire Department fire captain uses a flare to burn dry grass during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Cal Fire firefighters use hand tools to extinguish a spot fire during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A firefighter is dwarfed by huge flames during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Cal Fire firefighters monitor a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Firefighters use a hose to douse hot spots during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Flames from a backfire operation burn behind an emergency vehicle near the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Flames from a backfire operation burns through a grove of trees as firefighters try to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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An inmate monitors a backfire during a burn operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 2, 2015 near Clearlake, California. Over 1,900 firefighters are battling the Rocky Fire that has burned over 46,000 acres in the day since it started August 5, 2015.
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Oceanside Fire Department captain Greg DeAvila monitors a burn operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 2, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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Oceanside Fire Department captain Greg DeAvila shoots a flare into dry brush during a burn operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 2, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A firefighter monitors a backfire during a burn operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 2, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
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A Cal Fire firefighter is dwarfed by huge flames during a backfire operation to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.
