Olympia Command Fire
The Olympia Command Fire burned 5,500 acres in Washington, in 1997. It was discovered on August 26, 1997, and contained on August 28, 1997. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1997
- Contained
- August 28, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,678 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.117, -119.085.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,678 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1997, 4:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 1997, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4614011912319970826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-12828
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 |
| Corefu Fire | 5,000 | Jul 21, 1997 | Natural |
| 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.