Hwy 24 Fire
The Hwy 24 Fire burned 4,800 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2002. It was discovered on September 29, 2002, and contained on September 30, 2002. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 4,800 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2002
- Contained
- September 30, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,610 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.512, -120.006.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,610 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,191 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2002, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 30, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Washington
- County
- Yakima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WASPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4650111992720020929
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-112869
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- 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 Washington in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Point Fire | 43,374 | Jul 15, 2002 | Human |
| Deer Pt Fire | 39,859 | ||
| Pumphouse Fire | 10,367 | Jul 13, 2002 | Human |
| Quartz Mt. Complex (Middle Mountain) Fire | 7,858 | Aug 17, 2002 | Natural |
| Quartz Mt. Complex (Quartz Mountain) Fire | 4,286 | Aug 17, 2002 | Natural |
| Deer Mt Fire | 2,281 | Aug 5, 2002 | Human |
| Deer Mountain Fire | 2,280 | ||
| Pickens Fire | 2,200 | Jul 24, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Aug 14, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,873 | Aug 17, 2002 | Human |
| Mcbee Fire | 1,680 | Aug 22, 2002 | Human |
| Red Mtn Fire | 1,500 | May 21, 2002 | 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.