More than 40,000 acres have burned in Los Angeles County, California, since the beginning of 2025, according to CalFire. Maxar Intelligence has collected more than 34,000 sq km of very high-resolution satellite imagery of these fires, providing it to customers through Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) Pro and releasing it for humanitarian purposes through our Open Data Program. Our News Bureau has also been releasing imagery detailing the scope and magnitude of the fires to the media for broad community awareness. End users are using our data to generate more detailed maps and geospatial insights that are helping with response and relief efforts:

Check on property with NOAA's visualization

NOAA embedded Maxar imagery released through the Open Data Program in its California Fire Imagery site. The site provides an easy way for the general public to check on property. In the upper right-hand corner, after clicking on the layers button, the imagery dates are displayed and can be toggled on and off. Refer to this NOAA article for additional tips on how to use the viewer.

Visualizing levels of damage assessments

Microsoft's AI for Good Lab partners with organizations to apply technology for the benefit of humanity. For the Los Angeles wildfires, the Lab applied its damage assessment artificial intelligence (AI) models to Maxar's very high-resolution imagery through the Open Data Program from January 10, 2025, to map the areas affected by the Palisades Fire, and used the imagery from January 8-10, 2025, to map the areas affected by the Eaton Fire. The viewers allow end users to see pre-fire and post-fire imagery as well as see the estimated percentage of damage to each property in the area. For the Palisades Fire, the Lab examined more than 18,000 buildings and determined that 11,735 are not damaged and 6,803 are damaged. The Lab looked at more than 31,000 buildings in the area of the Eaton Fire and its model determined 27,202 houses were likely not affected by the fires and 4,154 houses were likely damaged. These maps have been shared with on-the-ground organizations to support response planning.

Enabling faster insurance claims responses

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) enable a rapid, data-driven response to natural and man-made catastrophes worldwide by informing the global insurance industry with actionable insights around their relevant exposures. Insurers and reinsurers, as well as loss adjusters, use MIS's Global Events Observer (GEO) platform to establish their level of exposure to an event within 24 hours, which is then further refined to help make informed decisions on claims, accelerating the speed of recovery for those most in need. For the Los Angeles wildfires, MIS added Maxar satellite imagery to inform GEO's Claims Layer, helping their team of military-trained intelligence analysts make Building Level Damage Assessments for the areas affected by the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires. Of the 48,000+ buildings assessed so far, MIS has determined that 12,324 are destroyed or severely damaged and a further 16,327 are likely at risk of internal damage.

Detailed insights require very high-resolution satellite imagery

Many areas affected by the Los Angeles wildfires remain off-limits to property owners. The unique combination of the detail provided by Maxar's 30 cm-class satellite imagery and customers' technology create valuable geospatial insights that can give property owners updated information about how they are personally affected before they are physically able to access the location.

Maxar will continue to release our imagery through the Open Data Program for non-commercial use as these fires continue to burn.

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