Stormy Pt Fire
The Stormy Pt Fire burned 1,000 acres in Douglas County, Washington, in 2000. It was discovered on September 15, 2000, and contained on September 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 2000
- Contained
- September 17, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,152 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.933, -119.585.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,152 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 916 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 2000, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 17, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4793711960020000915
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-98264
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
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.