Wildfires of 2001

Pumphouse Fire

2001WashingtonWildfire

The Pumphouse Fire burned 3,205 acres in Washington, in 2001. It was discovered on June 19, 2001, and contained on June 20, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
3,205 acres
Discovered
June 19, 2001
Contained
June 20, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,270 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.301, -120.419.

The record

Reported final size
3,205 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,270 acres
Discovered
June 19, 2001, 1:40 p.m. local time
Contained
June 20, 2001, 12:35 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Yakama Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
WA4628812044320010619
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-450812

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 200112

FireAcresStartCause
Rex Creek Complex (Rex Creek) Fire55,913Aug 12, 2001Natural
Virginia Lake Fire36,775Aug 13, 2001Natural
St Marys Fire32,960Aug 14, 2001Human
Goodnoe Hills Fire11,526Aug 18, 2001Human
Port Kelly Fire9,929Jul 28, 2001Human
Thirty Mile Fire9,324Jul 9, 2001Human
Fourth of July Fire7,077
Fourth of July Fire6,914Aug 13, 2001Natural
Mt. Leona Complex6,144Aug 13, 2001Natural
Unnamed Fire5,785Aug 13, 2001Natural
North Coppei Fire4,810Sep 18, 2001Human
Union Valley Fire4,590Jul 28, 2001Human

Every fire of 2001 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.