Excelsior Fire
The Excelsior Fire burned 1,300 acres in California, in 1995. It was discovered on June 23, 1995, and contained on June 23, 1995. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1995
- Contained
- June 23, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,819 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.933, -116.718.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,300 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,819 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1995, 12:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 23, 1995, 11:36 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CARRU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-21955
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbenia Fire | 23,455 | Aug 4, 1995 | Human |
| Vision Fire | 12,354 | Oct 3, 1995 | Human |
| Sycamore Fire | 9,410 | Aug 30, 1995 | Human |
| Midway Fire | 8,845 | Aug 15, 1995 | Human |
| El Monte Fire | 8,100 | Aug 27, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,495 | Jun 1, 1995 | Human |
| Butterfield Fire | 7,083 | Jun 19, 1995 | Human |
| Pole Fire | 5,550 | Jun 14, 1995 | Human |
| Covington Fire | 5,521 | Jul 31, 1995 | Natural |
| Stanley Fire | 5,000 | Jul 27, 1995 | Human |
| Dawson Fire | 4,591 | Jul 20, 1995 | Human |
| Apache Fire | 3,500 | Sep 25, 1995 | 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. 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.