North 25 Fire
The North 25 Fire burned 8,500 acres in Chelan County, Washington, in 1998. It was discovered on August 4, 1998, and contained on November 5, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1998
- Contained
- November 5, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,691 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.967, -120.390.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,691 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1998, 9:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 5, 1998, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Chelan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4798512034519980804
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-337878
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 | ||
| Saddle Mountain Fire | 8,300 | Jun 22, 1998 | Natural |
| Rock Bluff Fire | 7,926 | Jun 22, 1998 | Natural |
| JOJO3 Fire | 7,900 | Aug 26, 1998 | Human |
| 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.