Saddle Mountain Fire
The Saddle Mountain Fire burned 8,300 acres in Washington, in 1998. It was discovered on June 22, 1998, and contained on June 25, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 1998
- Contained
- June 25, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,152 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.800, -119.635.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,152 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,869 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 25, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4680011963819980622
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-8476
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 |
| 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
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.