Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,283 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on May 18, 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to May 31, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,283 acres
- Discovered
- May 18, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,820 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.322, -121.143.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,283 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,820 acres
- Discovered
- May 18, 1997
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 31, 1997
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- Reporting unit
- San Benito-Monterey Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3629712113219970531
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- CDF_1997_56_2229_176
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.