Blk Cyn 3 Fire
The Blk Cyn 3 Fire burned 1,700 acres in Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on September 12, 1996, and contained on September 13, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 1996
- Contained
- September 13, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,497 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.367, -119.868.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,497 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 1996, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4634911985119960912
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-19653
- Note on the perimeter
- The maximum mean offset was only 10 with 1 being the originally reported offset. Despite the large difference in acquisition dates the vegetation had already senesced in the pre-scene and remained senesced in the post-scene.
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 Washington in 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Creek Fire | 57,520 | Aug 14, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 21,123 | Aug 7, 1996 | |
| Lincoln Fire | 20,080 | Aug 30, 1996 | Human |
| Timberline Complex | 15,238 | Aug 24, 1996 | Human |
| Juniper Fire | 8,480 | Jun 29, 1996 | Human |
| Quincy Fire | 8,450 | Aug 3, 1996 | Natural |
| North Fork Twentyfive Mile Fire | 8,352 | ||
| Elephant 2 Fire | 5,830 | Jun 15, 1996 | Human |
| Elbow Basin Fire | 3,650 | Jul 28, 1996 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,020 | Aug 11, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Sep 28, 1996 | Human |
| Elephant Fire | 2,115 | Jun 15, 1996 | Human |
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.