Colorado Wildfire Prediction Model

For my Modeling In Applied Mathematics class, I was tasked with creating a model for a real-world phenomenon. My partner and I decided to model wildfires in Colorado. We ended up creating a model that takes into account a variety of factors and predicts how many fires, and how many acres burned we can expect in the state that year. This project is unique because there are no other models currently (2024) that predict these two parameters. Most fire models use GIS to find areas most vulnerable to fires, and not how vulnerable an entire area is based on set factors. 

In this project, I learned how mathematical models are made and used, learned logic analysis skills, and improved my data analysis and Excel skills. I am most proud of the analysis process I used to narrow down and analyze how various factors effect wildfires in Colorado.

The final presentation for class and the final model are both linked below. Feel free to click around and check them out.