Sunnyslope Fire
The Sunnyslope Fire burned 1,033 acres in Washington, in 1992. It was discovered on May 20, 1992, and contained on May 21, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,033 acres
- Discovered
- May 20, 1992
- Contained
- May 21, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,082 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.483, -120.335.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,033 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,082 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 541 acres
- Discovered
- May 20, 1992, 1:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 1992, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4749212032919920520
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-41210
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 Washington in 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Fire | 24,400 | Aug 3, 1992 | Human |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 17,628 | Jun 9, 1992 | Human |
| Whitmore Fire | 6,985 | Jun 25, 1992 | Natural |
| Boot Mtn Fire | 4,940 | Jun 25, 1992 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Sep 12, 1992 | Human |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 3,250 | Jun 25, 1992 | Natural |
| Snookum Fire | 3,000 | Aug 4, 1992 | Human |
| Tucannon Fire | 3,000 | Aug 2, 1992 | Human |
| Lizzy Fire | 2,620 | Jun 24, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,335 | Aug 2, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,261 | Jun 7, 1992 | Human |
| Goose Lake Fire | 1,719 | May 20, 1992 |
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.