Highway 24 Fire
The Highway 24 Fire burned 12,705 acres in Washington, in 1993. It was discovered on June 14, 1993, and contained on June 15, 1993. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 12,705 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 1993
- Contained
- June 15, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,414 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.733, -119.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,705 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,414 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 1993, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 15, 1993, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- Reporting unit
- Hanford Reach National Monument
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4672111940619930614
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1993WAHFR1324
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 19931
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeway Fire | 1,000 | Aug 23, 1993 | 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.