Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,261 acres in Washington, in 1992. It was discovered on June 7, 1992, and contained on June 10, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,261 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 1992
- Contained
- June 10, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,588 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.338, -120.760.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,261 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,588 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 1992, 3:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 10, 1992, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Yakama Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4635112073019920607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-450021
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 |
| Goose Lake Fire | 1,719 | May 20, 1992 | |
| Jackass Bu Fire | 1,288 | Aug 16, 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.