Merced Falls Fire
The Merced Falls Fire burned 1,723 acres in California, in 1987. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,723 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,723 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 37.593, -120.294.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,723 acres
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAMMU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
Other large fires in California in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Titus Fire | 71,333 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Mendenhall Fire | 65,468 | ||
| Yellow 2 Fire | 53,586 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Paper Fire | 49,333 | Aug 31, 1987 | |
| Larson Fire | 49,298 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Hamm Fire | 39,369 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Clark Fire | 39,235 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Fort Copper Fire | 36,302 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Lost Fire | 23,588 | Aug 31, 1987 | |
| Ten Bald Fire | 19,621 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Lake Fire | 18,413 | Sep 1, 1987 | |
| Hotelling Fire | 17,603 | Aug 30, 1987 |
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.