Wildfires of 2000

Weinstein Fire

2000Tehama County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Weinstein Fire burned 8,284 acres in Tehama County, California, in 2000. It was discovered on September 29, 2000, and contained on October 5, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
8,284 acres
Discovered
September 29, 2000
Contained
October 5, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,976 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.967, -122.609.

The record

Reported final size
8,284 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
7,976 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
8,284 acres
Discovered
September 29, 2000, 10:00 a.m. local time
Contained
October 5, 2000, 8:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
California
County
Tehama County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Northern California District
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CATGU
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
CA3990812262720000929
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-99611
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

FireAcresStartCause
Manter Fire75,000Jul 22, 2000Human
Storrie Fire55,261Aug 17, 2000Human
Pechanga Fire10,380Jul 29, 2000Human
Harris Fire9,700Sep 13, 2000
Hunter Fire8,600Aug 27, 2000Human
Shell Fire6,762Jul 22, 2000Human
Happy Fire5,861Jul 22, 2000Human
Plaskett 2 Fire5,856Jul 22, 2000Human
Berryessa Fire5,731Jun 13, 2000Human
Unnamed Fire4,613Aug 11, 2000
Hidden Fire4,500Oct 21, 2000Human
Morgan Fire3,283Jul 26, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 California fire history

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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.