For my final data visualization project, I chose to work with CalFire's Wildfire Database (from 2013-2019)
I decided to work with this dataset because it was something that really interested me, and I was curious to see the changes in California Wildfires over the past decade.
In my visualization, the data is represented as small fires scattered around California. In this visualization, the dimensions and traits of the fires is dependent on the raw damage/size of each event.
To interact with the visualization, try hovering over each individual datapoint, showing you the stats and data of each fire.
One interesting thing I noticed during this project is the amount of fires and the pure damage increased as time went on (this was somewhat expected due to things like climate change) which is very interesting.
Something I still wonder about is how much do other global issues affect this one, for example, how much does climate change or deforestation affect fires?
The most challenging moment of this project was the struggle at the very end to get everything to work. I ran into many issues with images showing throughout this project and they were only really resolved near the end. This meant I had to be very productive for the final two or so weeks.
If I had more time, I would like to make it so the text doesn't get so cluttered when going over areas with many fires. I would also make more of a distinguishing factor to determine the date of each fire.
My proudest moment during this project was when I managed to get all the images to show after weeks of struggling.Â