Old Fire, November 1, 2003

In October 2003, fires raged throughout Southern California in San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Riverside counties. They scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, displaced tens of thousands of people, and destroyed thousands of homes. As emergency responders worked to put out the fires with every resource available, computer mapping played a key role in many areas.

This map was created by ESRI’s technical marketing team for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department to assist the sheriff’s emergency operations center. The map shows the current Old Fire and Grand Prix Fire perimeters on November 1, 2003. The fire perimeter data was captured using aerial equipment and GPS. The perimeter is overlaid with digital elevation data and local transportation data.