Suwanee R Prescribed Fire
The Suwanee R Prescribed Fire burned 364 acres in California, in 1992. It was discovered on October 9, 1992, and contained on October 15, 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to October 4, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 364 acres
- Discovered
- October 9, 1992
- Contained
- October 15, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.574, -118.793.
The record
- Reported final size
- 364 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,614 acres
- Discovered
- October 9, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 4, 1992
- Contained
- October 15, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3659111879319921004
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-213312
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Fire | 64,000 | Aug 20, 1992 | Human |
| 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 |
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. 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.