Chelanbtte Fire
The Chelanbtte Fire burned 2,394 acres in Washington, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to September 1, 1991.
- Size
- 2,394 acres
- Ignition
- September 1, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,394 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 47.818, -120.025.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,394 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 1, 1991
- State
- Washington
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4781812002519910901
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Washington in 19917
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 12,393 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Lincoln 3 Fire | 6,230 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 6,020 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,291 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Cold Spr Fire | 2,909 | Jul 24, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,277 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,082 | Oct 3, 1991 |
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.