Ross Fire
The Ross Fire burned 3,827 acres in California, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to August 14, 1990.
- Size
- 3,827 acres
- Ignition
- August 14, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,827 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 41.792, -121.529.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,827 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 14, 1990
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4179212152919900814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in California in 199012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Fire | 128,188 | Aug 6, 1990 | |
| Stormy Fire | 23,149 | Aug 5, 1990 | |
| Finley Fire | 22,228 | Aug 9, 1990 | |
| Los Padres Fire | 20,540 | ||
| Shinn Fire | 17,981 | Aug 8, 1990 | |
| A-Rock Fire | 17,722 | Aug 7, 1990 | |
| Branham Fire | 9,566 | Aug 8, 1990 | |
| Tejon Fire | 7,657 | Aug 7, 1990 | |
| Steamboat Fire | 6,009 | Aug 7, 1990 | |
| Mattole Fire | 5,213 | Aug 8, 1990 | |
| Carbon Canyon Fire | 4,978 | ||
| Carbon Canyon Fire | 4,967 | Jun 27, 1990 |
Nearby
Sources
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.