Ortega Fire
The Ortega Fire burned 21,384 acres in California, in 1993. It was discovered on October 27, 1993, and contained on November 3, 1993. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 21,384 acres
- Discovered
- October 27, 1993
- Contained
- November 3, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,896 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.472, -117.488.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,384 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 20,896 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,012 acres
- Discovered
- October 27, 1993, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 3, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cleveland National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAORC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3357911750119931027
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-281990
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| 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 |
| Opal 2 Fire | 8,360 | Aug 27, 1993 | Natural |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.