Satellite monitoring detects wildfire risk near your property and sends early email/sms alerts—so you can act fast even when you’re not on-site.
"A cluster of 4 fire detections was identified at northeast of your Ranch-Stand 1 boundary."
Draw your timber stand boundary on our interactive map, or upload a KMZ/KML file. Acreage is calculated automatically. Tell us your alert preferences — distance, sensitivity, quiet hours.
Satellites scan your land around the clock. TimberSentry checks every pass for heat near your stands, then runs each hit through a 4-step check to weed out false alarms before you're notified.
When a confirmed fire cluster is on or near your land, you receive a plain-English email with distance in miles, fire intensity, and detection count. Unconfirmed events remain visible in the portal until validated by a follow-up scan from another satellite, which then sends either a confirmation email or an all-clear.
Every plan includes the full fire watch service. Upgrade when you need to cover more land.
Up to 500 acres · ~$0.02/acre/month
$119.88/yr — billed monthly, cancel anytime
Up to 2,000 acres · ~$0.0125/acre
$299.88/yr — billed monthly, cancel anytime
2,000+ acres · custom pricing
All plans include continuous satellite scanning, a 4-step fire check, email alerts, and same-day photo confirmation. Cancel anytime.
TimberSentry is an early-warning automated tool. Detection capabilities are subject to atmospheric conditions, canopy density, and satellite availability. It should not be relied upon as a sole life-safety system.
TimberSentry pulls fire data from multiple satellites, runs every hit through four checks, and emails you if something real is burning near your land.
Weather-type satellites stay in a fixed position and scan the US continuously. TimberSentry checks for heat near your stands every 5 minutes, around the clock.
Step 1: Filters out sun reflections off roofs and similar heat fakes.
Step 2: Ignores known industrial sources like factories or gas flares.
Step 3: Heat must hold for 10 minutes — a one-pass flicker gets dropped.
Step 4: Nearby signals must cluster together to confirm a real fire.
Only hits that clear all four steps send you an alert.
Every open alert is cross-checked by higher-resolution satellite passes within 24 hours. You receive a follow-up email confirming the activity or an all-clear if the heat signature has dissipated. All outcomes are logged in your dashboard for a permanent record of your land’s status.
No satellite jargon — alerts translate data into distance (miles), fire intensity (Small, Medium, Large), and a clear location statement like: “A medium-intensity fire was detected 1.2 miles west of your North Stand.” You get the key facts needed to decide quickly whether to act or monitor.
Satellites scan frequently. Once a heat signal passes all four checks—including a 10-minute hold to rule out false alarms—the email goes out automatically. For land that sits unattended, that's a meaningful head start.
Yes. The satellites don't take photos — they measure heat coming off the ground. Even though each scan covers a roughly 1.2-mile-wide area, they can still detect the heat from a fire much smaller than that. Think of it like a smoke detector: it doesn't need to see the flame to know something's burning.
The sensors are sensitive enough to detect heat through a forest canopy. That said, heavy cloud cover or fast-moving weather can block the satellite's view. TimberSentry is a strong first line of defense — not a substitute for good land management.
You don't. TimberSentry is specifically designed for absentee landowners and commercial managers who cannot be on-site. It provides 24/7 monitoring for remote acreage where a fire could burn for hours before being noticed by a passerby.
Satellites can be fooled by sun reflecting off a metal roof or a hot chimney. That's why every hit goes through four checks before we contact you. If it's still uncertain, we cross-check against a daily NASA satellite pass — sharper imagery, independently sourced — before sending anything your way.
Yes. We provide one high-resolution satellite photo for each of the last four quarters. This allows you to verify seasonal harvesting activity, check the status of roads, or document land-use changes over the past year for your records.
Yes. You get the full fire watch service for 1 stand up to 5 acres. That includes email alerts, the map dashboard, and your fire history. The core product works on the free plan — paid plans just cover more land.
About 60 seconds. Draw your boundary on the aerial map, or upload a KML/KMZ file from Google Earth. Your acreage is calculated automatically, and monitoring starts as soon as you save.
No. Paid plans are strictly month-to-month. If you cancel, your monitoring stays active until the end of your billing cycle. We then delete all your data. We will never sell it.
The free plan covers 1 stand up to 5 acres — full fire watch included. Draw your boundary, set your alert preferences, and let the satellites do the rest.
