Lokern Prescribed Fire
The Lokern Prescribed Fire burned 47,000 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on May 19, 1997, and contained on May 20, 1997. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 47,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 1997
- Contained
- May 20, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 46,160 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.394, -119.623.
The record
- Reported final size
- 47,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 46,160 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 1997, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 20, 1997, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3531811949919970519
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-9821
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 California in 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Fire | 49,490 | Aug 4, 1997 | Human |
| Fernandez Fire | 43,700 | Oct 24, 1997 | Human |
| Hopper Fire | 24,800 | Aug 5, 1997 | Human |
| Narrows Fire | 18,186 | Aug 13, 1997 | Human |
| Chocktaw Fire | 10,416 | Aug 19, 1997 | Human |
| Midway Complex | 7,485 | Jun 20, 1997 | Human |
| Pauba Fire | 7,231 | Aug 31, 1997 | Human |
| Baker Fire | 6,317 | Oct 13, 1997 | Human |
| Williams Fire | 5,745 | Sep 27, 1997 | Human |
| Jacks Fire | 5,693 | Aug 9, 1997 | Natural |
| Canyon 2 Fire | 5,200 | Jul 1, 1997 | Human |
| Lokern Two Fire | 4,566 |
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.