Opal 2 Fire
The Opal 2 Fire burned 8,360 acres in California, in 1993. It was discovered on August 27, 1993, and contained on August 28, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,360 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1993
- Contained
- August 28, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,218 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.200, -117.168.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,360 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,218 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1993, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3517811715019930827
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-33829
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 199312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marre Fire | 43,201 | Sep 25, 1993 | Human |
| Green Meadows Fire | 38,152 | Oct 26, 1993 | Human |
| Steckel Fire | 27,085 | ||
| California Fire | 24,387 | Oct 26, 1993 | Human |
| Ortega Fire | 21,384 | Oct 27, 1993 | Human |
| Guejito Fire | 20,768 | Oct 27, 1993 | Human |
| Orchard Fire | 16,000 | Jun 20, 1993 | Natural |
| Laguna Fire | 14,576 | Oct 27, 1993 | |
| Repplier Fire | 8,780 | Nov 2, 1993 | Human |
| Elk Hills 2 Fire | 7,100 | May 10, 1993 | Human |
| Rancho Fire | 6,000 | Aug 1, 1993 | Human |
| Kinneloa Fire | 5,700 | Oct 27, 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.