Wildfires of 1996

Unnamed Fire

1996Asotin County, WashingtonWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on September 11, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
September 11, 1996
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.047, -117.153.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
September 11, 1996
Cause
Natural
State
Washington
County
Asotin County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
WA_6862

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

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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.