La Paloma Fire
The La Paloma Fire burned 3,021 acres in California, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to November 30, 1991.
- Size
- 3,021 acres
- Ignition
- November 30, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,021 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.154, -120.087.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,021 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 30, 1991
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3740312030819911130
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in California in 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geysers Fire | 4,991 | Oct 20, 1991 | |
| Ill Fire | 3,095 | Sep 24, 1991 | |
| Frog Creek Fire | 2,974 | Sep 6, 1991 | |
| Grey Lodge Fire | 2,643 | ||
| Blue Mountain Fire | 2,483 | Sep 22, 1991 | |
| Road 26 Fire | 2,094 | ||
| Tunnel Fire | 1,840 | Oct 22, 1991 | |
| Lion Fire | 1,765 | Oct 20, 1991 | |
| Frog Fire | 1,731 | ||
| Stockton Fire | 1,505 | Aug 21, 1991 | |
| Barrett Fire | 1,260 | Jun 17, 1991 | |
| Rock Fire | 1,114 | Sep 18, 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.