Capability 04 · Cross-Layer Investigation

Interrogate any place — by map, or by name.

Search the record of fires and mitigation projects, select one, and the platform returns its full dossier across every layer. Or open the atlas and click anywhere to investigate a point directly. Either way, the reasoning is shown, not hidden.

Fire perimeters
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Dossierselect a row
Select a fire or project to see everything connected to it.
The mechanics · investigate_point()

One point, every layer, at once

Click anywhere — a coordinate and a radius — and a single spatial query interrogates seven independent layers simultaneously, then assembles one dossier. This is what makes a place legible: not one fact, but every fact that intersects that ground, each with its spatial relationship shown.

QUERY 01
Wildfire probability
The probability score, band, and component breakdown for the cell containing the point.
ST_Contains(cell, point)
QUERY 02
Fire history
Every past burn perimeter the point falls inside or near, newest first.
ST_DWithin · ST_Contains
QUERY 03
Mitigation
Fuel breaks and projects within radius — whether they contain the point, and how far.
ST_DWithin · ST_Distance
QUERY 04
Ignition pressure
Count of historical ignitions within the radius — how often fire starts here.
count where ST_DWithin
QUERY 05
Landowner
Which large parcel the point sits on — who controls response and mitigation.
ST_Contains(parcel, point)
QUERY 06
Reserve
Whether the point lies in a Natural Area Reserve, and who manages it.
ST_Contains(reserve, point)
QUERY 07
WUI exposure
Wildland–urban interface zones nearby — where fire meets people and structures.
ST_DWithin(wui, point)
What comes back
investigate_point(lng, lat, radius_m) → { risk: { score, band, components }, fires: [ { inc_name, fire_year, contains, dist_m } … ], mitigation: [ { project_typ, contains, dist_m } … ], ignitions_nearby: n, landowner: { majorowner, owner_type, acres }, reserve: { name, managedby }, wui: [ { wui_riskar, dist_m } … ] }
ST_Contains — is the point inside this polygon? ST_DWithin — within N meters? ST_Distance — exact metric distance (geography)

Every distance is computed on the geography type for true meters, not degrees — so "within 1.5 km" means 1.5 km on the ground. The whole dossier is one round-trip; nothing is stitched together client-side.

The instrument · Run it yourself

Investigate any coordinate

Drop a pin, type a coordinate, or pick a known location. The platform runs the real cross-layer query and returns the full dossier — the same one the atlas produces on a click, here on the page.

Pick a location, or click the map, to run the investigation.

Click anywhere on the map to investigate that exact point. Radius defaults to 1.5 km.

In practice · What it reveals

Three places, read in full

What does cross-layer investigation actually surface? Three representative locations — click any to load it into the tool above and see the live dossier.

Case · Burn scar
Lahaina, Maui
−156.677, 20.878
Ground that has burned, in a wildland–urban interface, on leeward terrain. Investigation shows the fire history it sits in, the WUI exposure, and whether any mitigation now defends it.
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Case · Dry leeward
Waikoloa, Hawaiʻi
−155.099, 19.708
Dry, grass-dominated leeward Hawaiʻi Island — high fuel, repeated ignitions. A place where the probability model and the ignition density tell a consistent, worrying story.
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Case · Defended
Mākaha, Oʻahu
−158.196, 21.476
Leeward Oʻahu, where mitigation projects exist alongside fire history and WUI exposure — a chance to see what "defended ground" looks like across the layers.
Investigate →