Baird Fire
The Baird Fire burned 2,000 acres in Grant County, Washington, in 2000. It was discovered on July 8, 2000, and contained on July 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2000
- Contained
- July 9, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,165 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.250, -119.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,165 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2000, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 9, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Washington
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4728211996620000708
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-94906
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding exrteme rdnbr offset
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Command Fire | 163,884 | Jun 27, 2000 | Human |
| Mule Dry Fire | 46,802 | Aug 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Range Fire | 10,323 | Jun 23, 2000 | Human |
| Rocky Hull Fire | 9,404 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Buffalo Lake Fire | 9,286 | Aug 6, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,864 | Sep 19, 2000 | |
| Goodnoe Fire | 6,500 | Jul 26, 2000 | |
| Alderdale Fire | 6,080 | Jul 17, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,400 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,481 | Sep 27, 2000 | |
| Mahoney Fire | 2,197 | ||
| Cheyne Rd Fire | 1,818 | May 26, 2000 | 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.