View Point Fire
The View Point Fire burned 3,880 acres in Washington, in 1998. It was discovered on July 7, 1998, and contained on July 8, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,880 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 1998
- Contained
- July 8, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,190 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.200, -119.718.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,880 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,190 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,818 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 1998, 4:22 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4622311966619980707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-8481
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.