How NASA FIRMS fire proximity, wind direction, drought index, NDVI vegetation, and terrain slope calculate live wildfire risk.
🧠 OPEN BRAIN DASHBOARD LIVEThree active wildfires are burning across Oregon right now—Hopkin in Gilliam, Crosswhite and Cove Creek both in Wheeler County. But here's what separates a contained perimeter from a catastrophic spread: wind. A 15 mph gust can accelerate flame travel by 400%. The Brain Dashboard doesn't guess. It fuses five real-time data streams into a live wildfire risk score that updates every hour, letting you see not just where fires are, but where they're going.
Pandita Data's wildfire intelligence engine weighs five signals. Think of them as five spotters in a control room, each watching a different threat horizon:
Rounding out the model: vegetation density (NDVI, 10%) shows fuel load, and terrain slope (5%) accounts for how uphill flame travel accelerates. Steep slopes can double fire speed.
Wind is the wildcard. At 0 mph, a fire spreads at roughly 10 feet per hour upslope. At 20 mph, that jumps to 200+ feet per hour. The Brain Dashboard applies directional wind vectors in real-time, meaning a shift from easterly to westerly can completely redraw a zone's risk profile in minutes.
NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) is NASA's way of measuring plant greenness—essentially, how much burnable fuel is standing in a zone. Healthy, green vegetation = low NDVI = harder to ignite. Dead, desiccated brush = high NDVI anomaly = tinder box. Oregon's current drought is pushing NDVI into critical zones across Wheeler and Gilliam counties, making the Crosswhite, Cove Creek, and Hopkin fires particularly volatile.
The Brain Dashboard integrates all five signals into a single risk score (0–100), updated hourly. Zone your location, see real-time wildfire proximity, check wind-driven spread vectors, and download Disaster Reports for your city. Currently tracking 10 active wildfires across western US. Wheeler County residents should monitor wind shifts daily.
Wildfire risk isn't mystery. It's physics, satellite data, and meteorology converging into one transparent, live score. Check the Brain Dashboard now.
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