Malott Fire
The Malott Fire burned 2,608 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 1999. It was discovered on September 25, 1999, and contained on September 27, 1999. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,608 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1999
- Contained
- September 27, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,816 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.288, -119.743.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,608 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,816 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1999, 12:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 27, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4828511975719990925
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-4252
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 |
| Stonehenge Fire | 2,500 | Sep 5, 1999 | Human |
| Jameson Lake Fire | 2,000 | Aug 14, 1999 | Natural |
| 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
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.