NV5 and U.S. Geological Survey Release High Resolution Lidar Data of Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire Burn Areas to the Public
01 February 2025 - 12:00AM
NV5, a provider of technology, certification, and consulting
solutions, announced today that lidar-derived data of the Palisades
Fire and the Eaton Fire burn areas are now freely available to the
public courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at 2025
Post-Wildfire Lidar Data for Los Angeles, CA.
ALERTCalifornia sponsored the lidar data acquisition, which was
collected by NV5 between January 21- January 22, 2025. The derived
products can be used to analyze the fire's impact and provide
insights for damage assessment, which is critical for recovery and
rebuilding efforts, as well as understanding potential fire debris
hazards.
“The Palisades and Eaton fires not only devastated and tore
apart the lives, homes, businesses and neighborhoods of thousands
of Angelenos, they have also shown the world that cities, counties,
and jurisdictions across the globe can be hit with devastating
fires during extreme climate conditions,” said Neal Driscoll,
principal investigator of the ALERTCalifornia program at the
University of California San Diego. “We are pleased to provide the
community with the lidar data as it is essential to developing
effective and time-critical plans for wildfire prevention,
protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.”
Lidar data collected during the project can measure changes in
terrain, vegetation density, and burn severity by comparing it to
precise 3D point clouds from previous lidar data collection by NV5
in 2023 and 2024 in support of the USGS’s 3D Elevation Program
(3DEP) partnership with the Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition
Consortium (LARIAC) Program. This analysis helps to quantify fire
damage, identify risks of debris flows or flooding, and guide
restoration efforts. Lidar can also detect remaining hazards like
unstable trees, compromised structures, and infrastructure while
supporting safe recovery operations.
“It is critical that the public, first responders, government
planners, utilities, businesses, and builders have consistent,
highly detailed information about the local geography to make
informed decisions,” said Kurt Allen, President of NV5’s
Geospatial. “The release of this data is an important step in the
recovery of the affected communities.”
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