Kirk Complex (Five) Fire
The Kirk Complex (Five) Fire burned 23,761 acres in California, in 1999. It was discovered on September 8, 1999, and contained on November 19, 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to September 9, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 23,761 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 1999
- Contained
- November 19, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 36,149 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.268, -121.617.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,761 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 36,149 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 1999, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 9, 1999
- Contained
- November 19, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Los Padres National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Kirk Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Five
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3627912162519990909
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-344565
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 California in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megram- Orleans Fire | 124,898 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Willow Fire | 65,000 | Aug 28, 1999 | Human |
| Gun 2 Fire | 60,390 | Sep 28, 1999 | Human |
| Kirk Complex (Hare) Fire | 49,551 | Sep 13, 1999 | Natural |
| Sixteen Fire | 40,000 | Oct 16, 1999 | Human |
| Mhrd Complex (Bucks) Fire | 34,175 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Pine Fire | 30,568 | Aug 22, 1999 | Natural |
| Jones Fire | 26,202 | Oct 16, 1999 | Human |
| Tehama-Glenn Complex (Dehaven Gulch) Fire | 17,000 | Aug 23, 1999 | Human |
| Big Bar Complex (Onion) Fire | 16,732 | Aug 23, 1999 | |
| Spanish Fire | 14,537 | Jul 18, 1999 | Human |
| Bohemotash Fire | 14,090 | Aug 23, 1999 | 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.