Cheyne Rd Fire
The Cheyne Rd Fire burned 1,818 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2000. It was discovered on May 26, 2000, and contained on May 27, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,818 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2000
- Contained
- May 27, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,850 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.467, -120.251.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,818 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,850 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,948 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2000, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 27, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Washington
- County
- Yakima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4649712025820000526
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-94878
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 | ||
| Baird Fire | 2,000 | Jul 8, 2000 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.