Whitmore Fire
The Whitmore Fire burned 6,985 acres in Washington, in 1992. It was discovered on June 25, 1992, and contained on June 28, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,985 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1992
- Contained
- June 28, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,419 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.128, -119.246.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,985 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,419 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1992, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 28, 1992, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4815411928519920625
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-439088
- Note on the perimeter
- 111
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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.