Wildfires of 1993

Repplier Fire

1993CaliforniaWildfire

The Repplier Fire burned 8,780 acres in California, in 1993. It was discovered on November 2, 1993, and contained on November 5, 1993. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
8,780 acres
Discovered
November 2, 1993
Contained
November 5, 1993
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 5,994 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.940, -116.883.

The record

Reported final size
8,780 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
5,994 acres
Discovered
November 2, 1993, 9:42 a.m. local time
Contained
November 5, 1993, 6:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
California
Reporting unit
San Bernardino National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
CARRU
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-282862

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

FireAcresStartCause
Marre Fire43,201Sep 25, 1993Human
Green Meadows Fire38,152Oct 26, 1993Human
Steckel Fire27,085
California Fire24,387Oct 26, 1993Human
Ortega Fire21,384Oct 27, 1993Human
Guejito Fire20,768Oct 27, 1993Human
Orchard Fire16,000Jun 20, 1993Natural
Laguna Fire14,576Oct 27, 1993
Opal 2 Fire8,360Aug 27, 1993Natural
Elk Hills 2 Fire7,100May 10, 1993Human
Rancho Fire6,000Aug 1, 1993Human
Kinneloa Fire5,700Oct 27, 1993Human

Every fire of 1993 California fire history

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. 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.