Timme Ranc Fire
The Timme Ranc Fire burned 1,637 acres in Washington, in 1999. It was discovered on August 25, 1999, and contained on August 26, 1999. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,637 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 1999
- Contained
- August 26, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,717 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.140, -119.346.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,637 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,717 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 1999, 6:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4812411933019990825
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-440544
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 |
| Jameson Lake Fire | 2,000 | Aug 14, 1999 | Natural |
| Miller Ranch Fire | 2,000 | Jul 9, 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.