Wildfires of 2000

Unnamed Fire

2000WashingtonOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 600 acres in Washington, in 2000. It was discovered on August 7, 2000, and contained on August 7, 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to September 27, 2000. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
600 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2000
Contained
August 7, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,267 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.851, -119.853.

The record

Reported final size
600 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,267 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
September 27, 2000
Contained
August 7, 2000, 10:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
WA4585511983320000927
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2000ORUMR1483

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

FireAcresStartCause
24 Command Fire163,884Jun 27, 2000Human
Mule Dry Fire46,802Aug 23, 2000Natural
Range Fire10,323Jun 23, 2000Human
Rocky Hull Fire9,404Jul 22, 2000Natural
Buffalo Lake Fire9,286Aug 6, 2000Human
Unnamed Fire6,864Sep 19, 2000
Goodnoe Fire6,500Jul 26, 2000
Alderdale Fire6,080Jul 17, 2000
Unnamed Fire5,400Jul 22, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire2,481Sep 27, 2000
Mahoney Fire2,197
Baird Fire2,000Jul 8, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 Washington fire history

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.