Fountain Fire
The Fountain Fire burned 64,000 acres in California, in 1992. It was discovered on August 20, 1992, and contained on August 30, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 64,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992
- Contained
- August 30, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 62,301 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.762, -121.980.
The record
- Reported final size
- 64,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 62,301 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 60,290 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992, 12:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Reporting unit
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASHU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4084612185219920820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-268923
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Fire | 24,580 | Sep 29, 1992 | Human |
| Gulch Fire | 18,000 | Aug 16, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,234 | Aug 21, 1992 | |
| Rainbow Fire | 8,800 | Aug 20, 1992 | Natural |
| Moccasin Fire | 8,000 | Aug 1, 1992 | Human |
| Middle Ridge Fire | 7,530 | Aug 22, 1992 | Human |
| Villa Fire | 6,700 | Sep 25, 1992 | Human |
| Burton Fire | 6,140 | Sep 25, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,337 | Aug 3, 1992 | |
| Barker Fire | 5,050 | Aug 20, 1992 | Human |
| La Paloma Fire | 4,800 | Aug 7, 1992 | Human |
| Mesa Fire | 4,200 | Apr 30, 1992 | Human |
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. 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.