Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,020 acres in Spokane County, Washington, in 1996. It was discovered on August 11, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,020 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,519 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.696, -117.666.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,020 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,519 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1996
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- County
- Spokane County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4771511761019960811
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- WA_4345
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 | 3,000 | Sep 28, 1996 | Human |
| Elephant Fire | 2,115 | Jun 15, 1996 | Human |
| Appaloosa Fire | 2,000 | Jul 30, 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.