Wildfires of 1994

Unnamed Fire

1994CaliforniaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,150 acres in California, in 1994. It was discovered on August 6, 1994, and contained on August 8, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,150 acres
Discovered
August 6, 1994
Contained
August 8, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,066 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.558, -116.570.

The record

Reported final size
1,150 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,066 acres
Discovered
August 6, 1994, 1:41 p.m. local time
Contained
August 8, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
California
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
San Bernardino National Forest
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CARRU
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-296003

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

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire48,851Aug 14, 1994Human
Cottonwood Fire46,800Aug 16, 1994Human
Barkley Fire44,683Sep 18, 1994Natural
Jack #1 Fire28,953Jul 22, 1994Natural
Steckel Fire27,085
Palm Fire20,901Jul 1, 1994Natural
Devils Fire12,303Jul 3, 1994Human
Fort Piute Fire9,497Jun 28, 1994Natural
Crystal Fire7,310Aug 4, 1994Human
Specimen Fire7,015Sep 19, 1994Natural
Fairview Fire6,420Jun 27, 1994Human
Fort Piute Fire6,350

Every fire of 1994 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.