Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 48,851 acres in California, in 1994. It was discovered on August 14, 1994, and contained on August 18, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 48,851 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1994
- Contained
- August 18, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 48,452 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.433, -120.734.
The record
- Reported final size
- 48,851 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 48,452 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 50,729 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1994, 3:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 1994, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASLU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3539212068319940814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-26699
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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.