Copper Butte Fire
The Copper Butte Fire burned 10,580 acres in Washington, in 1994. It was discovered on July 31, 1994, and contained on August 19, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,580 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1994
- Contained
- August 19, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,065 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.704, -118.473.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,065 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,561 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1994, 1:56 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 19, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Colville National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4872611850019940731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-299045
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyee Fire | 140,000 | Jul 24, 1994 | Natural |
| Hatchery Creek Fire | 29,435 | Jul 29, 1994 | Human |
| Hatchery Complex (Hatchery) Fire | 12,060 | Jul 24, 1994 | Natural |
| Thunder Fire | 8,900 | Jul 24, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,387 | Aug 3, 1994 | |
| Copperbtte Fire | 6,142 | ||
| Lakebeds Fire | 5,600 | Jul 24, 1994 | Natural |
| Tunk Fire | 4,800 | Aug 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Coldcreek Fire | 4,590 | Jul 21, 1994 | Human |
| Methow Complex (Whiteface) Fire | 4,380 | Aug 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Round Mtn Fire | 3,241 | Jul 26, 1994 | Natural |
| Yedlick Fire | 3,237 | Jul 24, 1994 | Natural |
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.