Wildfires of 1997

Freeman Fire

1997CaliforniaWildfire

The Freeman Fire burned 1,300 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on March 5, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,300 acres
Discovered
March 5, 1997
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 36.233, -119.268.

The record

Reported final size
1,300 acres
Discovered
March 5, 1997
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
California
Reporting unit
Tulare Unit
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
CDF_1997_56_2234_10259

Other large fires in California in 199712

FireAcresStartCause
Logan Fire49,490Aug 4, 1997Human
Fernandez Fire43,700Oct 24, 1997Human
Hopper Fire24,800Aug 5, 1997Human
Narrows Fire18,186Aug 13, 1997Human
Chocktaw Fire10,416Aug 19, 1997Human
Midway Complex7,485Jun 20, 1997Human
Pauba Fire7,231Aug 31, 1997Human
Baker Fire6,317Oct 13, 1997Human
Williams Fire5,745Sep 27, 1997Human
Jacks Fire5,693Aug 9, 1997Natural
Canyon 2 Fire5,200Jul 1, 1997Human
Lokern Two Fire4,566

Every fire of 1997 California fire history

Nearby

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.