California Wildfire Analysis Dashboard
This comprehensive analytical dashboard provides deep insights into California wildfire incidents and their impacts from 2014-2023, enabling data-driven decision making for disaster management and environmental policy planning.
Key Insights
Damage Assessment
Total Financial Loss: $239.61K in damages across the decade
Structural Impact: 94K houses destroyed by wildfires
Human Toll: 993 total fatalities with injuries consistently outnumbering fatalities by 5:1 ratio
Geographic Distribution
Shasta County: Highest percentage of area burned (13.42%, 356K acres)
Sonoma County: Second most impacted with 12.13% (322K acres) of total burned area
Coastal Counties: Business damage shows strong correlation with population density
Cause Analysis
Lightning-caused wildfires: Resulted in the highest fatality count (365)
Human activity: Second leading cause of fatalities (345)
Environmental factors: Clear patterns in cause attribution support targeted prevention
Visualization Components
Interactive KPI Tracking: Critical metrics with trend sparklines showing historical patterns
Temporal Analysis: Time-series visualizations with year-over-year comparisons
Geographical Distribution: Interactive donut charts showing proportional area burned by county
Multi-dimensional Assessment: Specialized visualizations comparing injuries vs fatalities and business damage
Technologies Leveraged
Power BI Desktop, Python, DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)
Power Query (M), Custom color palette, Advanced visualization techniques