Wildfires of 1997

Corral Cyn Fire

1997WashingtonWildfire

The Corral Cyn Fire burned 920 acres in Washington, in 1997. It was discovered on May 17, 1997, and contained on May 17, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
920 acres
Discovered
May 17, 1997
Contained
May 17, 1997
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,313 acres, mapped by other. Point of origin as reported, 46.350, -119.468.

The record

Reported final size
920 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,313 acres
Discovered
May 17, 1997, 12:20 p.m. local time
Contained
May 17, 1997, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Spokane District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-12813
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 19977

FireAcresStartCause
Haystack Fire20,187
Pow Wah Kee Fire6,500Aug 2, 1997Natural
Olympia Command Fire5,500Aug 26, 1997Human
Corefu Fire5,000Jul 21, 1997Natural
Star Fire1,800Aug 11, 1997Human
Fireweed Fire1,605
Unnamed Fire1,151Aug 14, 1997Human

Every fire of 1997 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.