JOJO3 Fire
The JOJO3 Fire burned 7,900 acres in Washington, in 1998. It was discovered on August 26, 1998, and contained on August 27, 1998. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 7,900 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1998
- Contained
- August 27, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,863 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.070, -120.269.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,863 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1998, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 27, 1998, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Yakama Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4608812022919980826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-450591
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Fire | 18,500 | Jul 27, 1998 | Natural |
| Tokio Fire | 18,120 | Jul 29, 1998 | Human |
| Rattlesnake Fire | 10,880 | Jul 1, 1998 | Natural |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 9,313 | ||
| North 25 Fire | 8,500 | Aug 4, 1998 | Natural |
| Saddle Mountain Fire | 8,300 | Jun 22, 1998 | Natural |
| Rock Bluff Fire | 7,926 | Jun 22, 1998 | Natural |
| Elkmeadow Fire | 6,500 | Jul 28, 1998 | Natural |
| View Point Fire | 3,880 | Jul 7, 1998 | Human |
| Avery Fire | 3,506 | Jul 10, 1998 | Human |
| Jo Jo Fire | 2,000 | Jul 3, 1998 | Natural |
| Kaiser Canyon Fire | 1,262 | Aug 21, 1998 | Natural |
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.