Shepherds Flat Prescribed Fire
The Shepherds Flat Prescribed Fire burned 1,160 acres in California, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to January 14, 1999.
- Size
- 1,160 acres
- Ignition
- January 14, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,160 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.195, -118.737.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,160 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 14, 1999
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3419511873719990114
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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 |
| Kirk Complex (Five) Fire | 23,761 | Sep 8, 1999 | Natural |
| 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 |
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. 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.