Sherman Fire
The Sherman Fire burned 1,952 acres in Washington, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to August 29, 1988.
- Size
- 1,952 acres
- Ignition
- August 29, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,952 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.822, -118.500.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,952 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,220 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 29, 1988
- State
- Washington
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4881811849219880829
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 198811
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinkelman Fire | 36,254 | Sep 4, 1988 | |
| White Mountain Fire | 21,845 | Aug 25, 1988 | |
| S.17MILE1 Fire | 8,084 | Aug 25, 1988 | |
| Canniwai Fire | 3,576 | ||
| 30 MILE2 Fire | 2,245 | Aug 25, 1988 | |
| Paschelshe Fire | 2,155 | Oct 26, 1988 | |
| Falls Creek Fire | 2,149 | Jul 26, 1988 | |
| Jackson Spring Fire | 2,122 | Jul 22, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,907 | Sep 6, 1988 | |
| Omak Creek Fire | 1,575 | Jul 21, 1988 | |
| Cody Ridge Fire | 1,488 | Aug 25, 1988 |
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.