> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This dataset has been superseded by [MODIS/061/MCD64A1](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/MODIS_061_MCD64A1).

![MODIS/006/MCD64A1](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/images/MODIS/MODIS_006_MCD64A1_sample.png)

Dataset Availability
:   2000-11-01T00:00:00Z--2022-12-01T00:00:00Z

Dataset Producer
:


    [NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center](https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD64A1.006)

Cadence
:   1 Month

Tags
:
    burn fire geophysical global mcd64a1 modis monthly nasa usgs

#### Description

The Terra and Aqua combined MCD64A1 Version 6 Burned Area data product is
a monthly, global gridded 500m product containing per-pixel burned-area
and quality information. The MCD64A1 burned-area mapping approach employs
500m MODIS Surface Reflectance imagery coupled with 1km MODIS active
fire observations. The algorithm uses a burn sensitive vegetation index (VI)
to create dynamic thresholds that are applied to the composite data.
The VI is derived from MODIS shortwave infrared atmospherically corrected
surface reflectance bands 5 and 7 with a measure of temporal texture.
The algorithm identifies the date of burn for the 500m grid cells within
each individual MODIS tile. The date is encoded in a single data layer as
the ordinal day of the calendar year on which the burn occurred, with
values assigned to unburned land pixels and additional special values
reserved for missing data and water grid cells.

Documentation:

- [User's Guide](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/751/MCD64_User_Guide_V6.pdf)

- [Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/115/MCD64_ATBD_V6.pdf)

- [General Documentation](https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/MODIS/6/MCD64A1)

### Bands

**Bands**

Pixel size: 500 meters (all bands)

| Name | Min | Max | Pixel Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `BurnDate` | 0 | 366 | 500 meters | Burn day of year. Possible values: 0 (unburned), 1-366 (approximate Julian day of burning). |
| `Uncertainty` | 0 | 100 | 500 meters | Estimated uncertainty in burn day |
| `QA` |   |   | 500 meters | Quality assurance indicators |
| Bitmask for QA - Bit 0: Land/water - 0: Water grid cell - 1: Land grid cell - Bit 1: Valid data flag. A value of 1 indicates that there was sufficient valid data in the reflectance time series for the grid cell to be processed. (NB Water grid cells will always have this bit clear.) - 0: Insufficient valid data - 1: Sufficient valid data - Bit 2: Shortened mapping period. This flag indicates that the period of reliable mapping does not encompass the full one-month product period, i.e., burns could not be reliably mapped over the full calendar month. - 0: Mapping period not shortened - 1: Mapping period shortened - Bit 3: Grid cell was relabeled during the contextual relabeling phase of the algorithm. - 0: Grid cell was not relabeled - 1: Grid cell was relabeled - Bit 4: Spare bit - 0: N/A - Bits 5-7: Special condition code reserved for unburned grid cells. This code provides an explanation for any grid cells that were summarily classified as *unburned* by the detection algorithm due to special circumstances. - 0: None or not applicable (i.e., burned, unmapped, or water grid cell). - 1: Valid observations spaced too sparsely in time. - 2: Too few training observations or insufficient spectral separability between burned and unburned classes. - 3: Apparent burn date at limits of time series. - 4: Apparent water contamination. - 5: Persistent hot spot. - 6: Reserved for future use. - 7: Reserved for future use. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| `FirstDay` | 0 | 366 | 500 meters | First day of the year of reliable change detection |
| `LastDay` | 0 | 366 | 500 meters | Last day of the year of reliable change detection |

### Terms of Use

**Terms of Use**

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC
have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

### Citations

Citations:

- Please visit [LP DAAC 'Citing Our Data' page](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/citing_our_data)
  for information on citing LP DAAC datasets.

### DOIs

- <https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD64A1.006>

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### Code Editor (JavaScript)

```javascript
var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/006/MCD64A1')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2017-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var burnedArea = dataset.select('BurnDate');
var burnedAreaVis = {
  min: 30,
  max: 341,
  palette: ['4e0400', '951003', 'c61503', 'ff1901'],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(burnedArea, burnedAreaVis, 'Burned Area');
```
Python setup

See the [Python Environment](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using
`geemap` for interactive development.

```python
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
```

### Colab (Python)

```python
dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/006/MCD64A1').filter(
    ee.Filter.date('2017-01-01', '2018-05-01')
)

burned_area = dataset.select('BurnDate')

burned_area_vis = {
    'min': 30,
    'max': 341,
    'palette': ['4e0400', '951003', 'c61503', 'ff1901'],
}

m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(6.746, 46.529, 2)
m.add_layer(burned_area, burned_area_vis, 'Burned Area')
m
```
[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/MODIS/MODIS_006_MCD64A1) [MCD64A1.006 MODIS Burned Area Monthly Global 500m \[deprecated\]](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/MODIS_006_MCD64A1) The Terra and Aqua combined MCD64A1 Version 6 Burned Area data product is a monthly, global gridded 500m product containing per-pixel burned-area and quality information. The MCD64A1 burned-area mapping approach employs 500m MODIS Surface Reflectance imagery coupled with 1km MODIS active fire observations. The algorithm uses a burn sensitive vegetation ... MODIS/006/MCD64A1, burn,fire,geophysical,global,mcd64a1,modis,monthly,nasa,usgs 2000-11-01T00:00:00Z/2022-12-01T00:00:00Z -90 -180 90 180 Google Earth Engine https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets

- [https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD64A1.006](https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD64A1.006)
- [https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD64A1.006](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/MODIS_006_MCD64A1)