Dalton 3 Fire
The Dalton 3 Fire burned 3,032 acres in California, in 1996. It was discovered on August 28, 1996, and contained on August 31, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,032 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1996
- Contained
- August 31, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,379 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.739, -121.073.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,032 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,379 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1996, 10:04 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Modoc National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAMDF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-314266
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifty-Eight Fire | 106,668 | Aug 15, 1996 | Human |
| Fork Fire | 83,323 | Aug 11, 1996 | Human |
| Wild Fire | 25,620 | Oct 7, 1996 | Human |
| Ambrose Complex (Damon-Long) Fire | 23,398 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Rogge Fire | 22,080 | Aug 13, 1996 | Natural |
| Marple Fire | 22,000 | Aug 26, 1996 | Human |
| Skyline Fire | 19,839 | Apr 27, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 19,244 | May 28, 1996 | |
| Panoche II Fire | 18,340 | Apr 27, 1996 | Human |
| Mercy Fire | 16,820 | Jun 18, 1996 | Human |
| Otay 322 Fire | 14,720 | Oct 22, 1996 | Human |
| Calabasas Fire | 13,190 | Oct 21, 1996 | 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.