Wildfires of 1992

Cement Fire

1992CaliforniaWildfire

The Cement Fire burned 365 acres in California, in 1992. It was discovered on July 9, 1992. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
365 acres
Discovered
July 9, 1992
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,222 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.323, -121.996.

The record

Reported final size
365 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,222 acres
Discovered
July 9, 1992
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
California
Reporting unit
Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CALNU
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
CDF_1992_53_2211_236
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 199212

FireAcresStartCause
Fountain Fire64,000Aug 20, 1992Human
Cleveland Fire24,580Sep 29, 1992Human
Gulch Fire18,000Aug 16, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire10,234Aug 21, 1992
Rainbow Fire8,800Aug 20, 1992Natural
Moccasin Fire8,000Aug 1, 1992Human
Middle Ridge Fire7,530Aug 22, 1992Human
Villa Fire6,700Sep 25, 1992Human
Burton Fire6,140Sep 25, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire5,337Aug 3, 1992
Barker Fire5,050Aug 20, 1992Human
La Paloma Fire4,800Aug 7, 1992Human

Every fire of 1992 California fire history

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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.