Granite Fire
The Granite Fire burned 2,000 acres in Mariposa County, California, in 2000. It was discovered on July 2, 2000, and contained on July 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2000
- Contained
- July 9, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,923 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.717, -120.287.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,923 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,592 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2000, 4:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 9, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- County
- Mariposa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CAMMU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3771612024820000702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-562541
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 California in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manter Fire | 75,000 | Jul 22, 2000 | Human |
| Storrie Fire | 55,261 | Aug 17, 2000 | Human |
| Pechanga Fire | 10,380 | Jul 29, 2000 | Human |
| Harris Fire | 9,700 | Sep 13, 2000 | |
| Hunter Fire | 8,600 | Aug 27, 2000 | Human |
| Weinstein Fire | 8,284 | Sep 29, 2000 | Human |
| Shell Fire | 6,762 | Jul 22, 2000 | Human |
| Happy Fire | 5,861 | Jul 22, 2000 | Human |
| Plaskett 2 Fire | 5,856 | Jul 22, 2000 | Human |
| Berryessa Fire | 5,731 | Jun 13, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,613 | Aug 11, 2000 | |
| Hidden Fire | 4,500 | Oct 21, 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.