Field Fire
The Field Fire burned 1,100 acres in California, in 2002. It was discovered on June 9, 2002, and contained on June 11, 2002. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2002
- Contained
- June 11, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.230, -121.308.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 937 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2002, 1:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 11, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CANEU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-108444
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcnally Fire | 150,696 | Jul 21, 2002 | Human |
| Pines Fire | 61,690 | Jul 29, 2002 | Human |
| Williams Fire | 37,240 | Sep 22, 2002 | Human |
| Copper Fire | 23,407 | Jun 5, 2002 | Human |
| Cannon Fire | 23,020 | Jun 15, 2002 | Human |
| Wolf Fire | 21,645 | Jun 1, 2002 | Human |
| Curve Fire | 20,857 | Sep 1, 2002 | Human |
| Slinkard Fire | 8,600 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Sudden Ranch Fire | 7,782 | Jun 15, 2002 | |
| Bluecut Fire | 6,864 | Jun 16, 2002 | Human |
| Louisiana Fire | 6,559 | Jun 26, 2002 | Human |
| Inyo Complex (Fuller) Fire | 6,400 | Jul 11, 2002 | Natural |
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. 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.