Rosa Fire
The Rosa Fire burned 19,444 acres in Washington, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to July 29, 1985.
- Size
- 19,444 acres
- Ignition
- July 29, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,444 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.762, -120.527.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,444 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,316 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 29, 1985
- State
- Washington
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4676212052719850729
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
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 Washington in 198510
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Mtn Fire | 33,753 | ||
| Hubbard Cr Fire | 4,987 | Jul 21, 1985 | |
| Minnie Fire | 3,586 | Aug 28, 1985 | |
| Monse Fire | 2,889 | Jun 23, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,835 | Aug 6, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,843 | Aug 9, 1985 | |
| Kellerfe Fire | 1,695 | ||
| Gold Hill Fire | 1,523 | Aug 28, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,332 | Jul 20, 1985 | |
| Beaver Fire | 1,105 | Aug 24, 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.