Terrain Data Used for the Southern California Wildfires Response
Highly detailed terrain data captured by the Army Geospatial Center's BuckEye aerial collection platform yields three-dimensional, color-graded imagery and other volumetric information, which will help inform U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plans to remove debris from multiple schools and an anticipated 10,000-plus residential properties, following the devastating Jan. 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles County. As recovery moves forward, USACE continues deploying a wide array of cutting-edge capabilities to support this FEMA-assigned mission – expected to become one of the largest and most complex debris cleanups in the Corps’ nearly 250-year history.