Mesa Complex
The Mesa Complex burned 4,500 acres in California, in 1996. It was discovered on May 23, 1996, and contained on May 23, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,500 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 1996
- Contained
- May 23, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,486 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.433, -118.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,486 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 1996, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 23, 1996, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Mesa Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Round Mtn
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3539611888419960523
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-14155
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
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.