Grimes Fire
The Grimes Fire burned 10,539 acres in California, in 1984. MTBS dates its ignition to May 7, 1984.
- Size
- 10,539 acres
- Ignition
- May 7, 1984
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,539 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.331, -118.965.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,539 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,305 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 7, 1984
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAVNC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3433111896419840507
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in California in 198412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodfish Fire | 23,178 | Jul 7, 1984 | |
| Twin Fire | 21,497 | Jul 6, 1984 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,668 | ||
| Bonanza Fire | 12,101 | Jun 2, 1984 | |
| Site 300 3 Fire | 6,912 | Jun 28, 1984 | |
| Flat Top Fire | 6,670 | May 25, 1984 | |
| Squaw Flat Fire | 6,048 | Oct 15, 1984 | |
| Bidwell Fire | 6,007 | Jul 2, 1984 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,585 | Jun 30, 1984 | |
| Aguanga Fire | 5,561 | May 30, 1984 | |
| Twisselman Fire | 5,094 | Aug 19, 1984 | |
| Lost Horse Fire | 4,127 | May 31, 1984 |
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. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.