Wildfires of 1996

Sdollar Fire

1996WashingtonWildfire

The Sdollar Fire burned 720 acres in Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on June 14, 1996, and contained on June 14, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
720 acres
Discovered
June 14, 1996
Contained
June 14, 1996
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,093 acres, mapped by other. Point of origin as reported, 46.517, -119.885.

The record

Reported final size
720 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,093 acres
Discovered
June 14, 1996, 2:30 p.m. local time
Contained
June 14, 1996, 10:00 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
Fire occurrence record
W-19618
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

FireAcresStartCause
Cold Creek Fire57,520Aug 14, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire21,123Aug 7, 1996
Lincoln Fire20,080Aug 30, 1996Human
Timberline Complex15,238Aug 24, 1996Human
Juniper Fire8,480Jun 29, 1996Human
Quincy Fire8,450Aug 3, 1996Natural
North Fork Twentyfive Mile Fire8,352
Elephant 2 Fire5,830Jun 15, 1996Human
Elbow Basin Fire3,650Jul 28, 1996Natural
Unnamed Fire3,020Aug 11, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire3,000Sep 28, 1996Human
Elephant Fire2,115Jun 15, 1996Human

Every fire of 1996 Washington fire history

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.