Ponderosa Fire
The Ponderosa Fire burned 1,100 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on September 27, 1997. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.338, -121.770.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 878 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 1997
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Reporting unit
- Tehama-Glenn Unit
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CATGU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- CDF_1997_54_2220_233
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
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.