Crystal Fire
The Crystal Fire burned 7,310 acres in California, in 1994. It was discovered on August 4, 1994, and contained on August 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 7,310 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1994
- Contained
- August 15, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,395 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.502, -120.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,310 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,395 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,392 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1994, 1:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Tahoe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CATNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3951712003719940804
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-296698
- 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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 48,851 | Aug 14, 1994 | Human |
| Cottonwood Fire | 46,800 | Aug 16, 1994 | Human |
| Barkley Fire | 44,683 | Sep 18, 1994 | Natural |
| Jack #1 Fire | 28,953 | Jul 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Steckel Fire | 27,085 | ||
| Palm Fire | 20,901 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Devils Fire | 12,303 | Jul 3, 1994 | Human |
| Fort Piute Fire | 9,497 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Specimen Fire | 7,015 | Sep 19, 1994 | Natural |
| Fairview Fire | 6,420 | Jun 27, 1994 | Human |
| Fort Piute Fire | 6,350 | ||
| Big Creek Fire | 5,250 | Aug 24, 1994 | 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.