Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,550 acres in Merced County, California, in 2001. It was discovered on June 16, 2001, and contained on June 17, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to July 13, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,550 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2001
- Contained
- June 17, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,637 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.094, -121.226.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,550 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,637 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2001, 3:59 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 13, 2001
- Contained
- June 17, 2001, 3:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- Merced County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Merced-Mariposa Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3709512117120010713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2001CACDFMMU009893
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
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.