Hemlock Fire
The Hemlock Fire burned 1,074 acres in California, in 2001. It was discovered on June 14, 2001, and contained on July 16, 2001. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,074 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2001
- Contained
- July 16, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,114 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.167, -117.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,074 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,114 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,075 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2001, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2001, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- San Bernardino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CABDF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3417011706520010614
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-368380
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observation Fire | 67,792 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Blue Complex (Blue) Fire | 34,319 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Trough Fire | 24,970 | Aug 8, 2001 | Human |
| Star Fire | 16,761 | Aug 25, 2001 | Human |
| Darby Fire | 14,280 | Sep 5, 2001 | Human |
| Creek Fire | 11,185 | Aug 18, 2001 | Human |
| Viejas Fire | 10,353 | Jan 3, 2001 | Human |
| Hoover Complex (Hoover) Fire | 9,300 | Jul 10, 2001 | Natural |
| Poe Fire | 8,333 | Sep 6, 2001 | |
| Happy Camp Complex (Swillup) Fire | 8,055 | Sep 15, 2001 | Natural |
| Leonard Fire | 6,800 | Aug 18, 2001 | Human |
| Stables Fire | 6,540 | Oct 12, 2001 | 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.