Pauba Fire
The Pauba Fire burned 7,231 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on August 31, 1997, and contained on September 3, 1997. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 7,231 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1997
- Contained
- September 3, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,491 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.495, -117.007.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,231 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,491 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,101 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1997, 11:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 1997, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- California
- Reporting unit
- San Bernardino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CARRU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3352211694319970831
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-328481
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 |
| 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 | ||
| Choke Fire | 4,100 | Aug 6, 1997 | Natural |
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. 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.