Jameson Lake Fire
The Jameson Lake Fire burned 2,000 acres in Douglas County, Washington, in 1999. It was discovered on August 14, 1999, and contained on August 15, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1999
- Contained
- August 15, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,638 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.600, -119.651.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,638 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,451 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4767111960319990814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-2509
- 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 19996
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-RIVERS Fire | 2,918 | Sep 23, 1999 | Human |
| Malott Fire | 2,608 | Sep 25, 1999 | Human |
| Stonehenge Fire | 2,500 | Sep 5, 1999 | Human |
| Miller Ranch Fire | 2,000 | Jul 9, 1999 | Human |
| Timme Ranc Fire | 1,637 | Aug 25, 1999 | Human |
| Wlkolives Fire | 925 | Aug 12, 1999 |
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.