Lexington Fire
The Lexington Fire burned 11,541 acres in California, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to July 7, 1985.
- Size
- 11,541 acres
- Ignition
- July 7, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,541 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.141, -121.918.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,541 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,128 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 7, 1985
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASCU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3714112191819850707
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- 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 198512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler 2 Fire | 126,905 | Jul 1, 1985 | |
| Las Pilitas Fire | 75,969 | Jul 1, 1985 | |
| Gorda-Rat Fire | 56,158 | ||
| Ferndale Fire | 46,736 | Oct 14, 1985 | |
| Cherry Fire | 40,642 | ||
| Cabanzo Fire | 20,971 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 14,370 | ||
| Onion Fire | 8,574 | Jul 6, 1985 | |
| Miller Fire | 8,270 | ||
| Rich Bar Fire | 8,138 | Jun 28, 1985 | |
| Roblar Fire | 8,136 | ||
| Ponoche 2 Fire | 7,510 | Jun 9, 1985 |
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.