Wildfires of 1961

M. Watson Fire

1961CaliforniaWildfire

The M. Watson Fire burned 1,832 acres in California, in 1961. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
1,832 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,832 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 38.173, -122.230.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
1,832 acres
State
California
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CALNU
Incident type
Wildfire
Perimeter records
2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown

Other large fires in California in 196112

Every fire of 1961 California fire history

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.