Williams Fire
The Williams Fire burned 5,745 acres in California, in 1997. It was discovered on September 27, 1997, and contained on October 2, 1997. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,745 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 1997
- Contained
- October 2, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,329 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.400, -121.201.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,745 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,329 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,838 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CANEU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3937712125219970927
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-9777
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 |
| 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.