Elephant Fire
The Elephant Fire burned 2,115 acres in Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on June 15, 1996, and contained on June 15, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,115 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1996
- Contained
- June 15, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,789 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.517, -120.368.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,115 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,789 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,056 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1996, 2:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 15, 1996, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4650512038719960615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-19619
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 |
| Appaloosa Fire | 2,000 | Jul 30, 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. 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.