Simpson M Fire
The Simpson M Fire burned 11,121 acres in California, in 1948. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 11,121 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 11,121 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 36.996, -118.609.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,121 acres
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAKNP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1948-CAKNP-008016
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
Other large fires in California in 194812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Fire | 53,080 | ||
| Wheeler Springs Fire | 22,499 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 18,188 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 12,222 | ||
| Rancheria Mt Fire | 12,110 | ||
| Manton Fire | 8,605 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 7,884 | ||
| Fiddlers Fire | 5,094 | ||
| Topanga No. 118 Fire | 3,278 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 2,507 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 2,154 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,455 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.