Shell Fire
The Shell Fire burned 6,762 acres in Kern County, California, in 2000. It was discovered on July 22, 2000, and contained on July 23, 2000. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 6,762 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2000
- Contained
- July 23, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,732 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.150, -119.601.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,762 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,732 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 23, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- Kern County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3515111961720000722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-97304
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 |
| 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 |
| Morgan Fire | 3,283 | Jul 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.