Corefu Fire
The Corefu Fire burned 5,000 acres in Washington, in 1997. It was discovered on July 21, 1997, and contained on July 23, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1997
- Contained
- July 23, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,404 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.821, -119.342.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,404 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1997, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 23, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4683811926619970721
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1997WACBR1928
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 19977
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Fire | 20,187 | ||
| Pow Wah Kee Fire | 6,500 | Aug 2, 1997 | Natural |
| Olympia Command Fire | 5,500 | Aug 26, 1997 | Human |
| Star Fire | 1,800 | Aug 11, 1997 | Human |
| Fireweed Fire | 1,605 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,151 | Aug 14, 1997 | Human |
| Corral Cyn Fire | 920 | May 17, 1997 | 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.