Lightning #32 Fire
The Lightning #32 Fire burned 1,000 acres in California, in 1996. It was discovered on August 12, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.848, -120.600.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Reporting unit
- Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- CDF_1996_56_2233_702
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
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.