Lmu LGT66 Fire
The Lmu LGT66 Fire burned 1,025 acres in California, in 1994. It was discovered on September 18, 1994, and contained on September 20, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,025 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 1994
- Contained
- September 20, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,115 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.767, -120.634.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,025 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,115 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 1994, 2:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 20, 1994, 2:04 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4075512062319940918
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-27183
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 |
| Crystal Fire | 7,310 | Aug 4, 1994 | Human |
| Specimen Fire | 7,015 | Sep 19, 1994 | Natural |
| Fairview Fire | 6,420 | Jun 27, 1994 | Human |
| Fort Piute Fire | 6,350 |
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.