Tunnel Fire
The Tunnel Fire burned 1,840 acres in California, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to October 22, 1991.
- Size
- 1,840 acres
- Ignition
- October 22, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,840 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.850, -122.227.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,840 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,623 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 22, 1991
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASCU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3785012222719911022
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 California in 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geysers Fire | 4,991 | Oct 20, 1991 | |
| Ill Fire | 3,095 | Sep 24, 1991 | |
| La Paloma Fire | 3,021 | Nov 30, 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 | ||
| 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
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.