Wlkolives Fire
The Wlkolives Fire burned 925 acres in Washington, in 1999. It was discovered on August 12, 1999, and contained on August 13, 1999.
- Size
- 925 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1999
- Contained
- August 13, 1999
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,104 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.733, -119.451.
The record
- Reported final size
- 925 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,104 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1999, 5:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 13, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Hanford Reach National Monument
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4672311943319990812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1999WAHFR1749
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 |
| Timme Ranc Fire | 1,637 | Aug 25, 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. 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.