Pumphouse Fire
The Pumphouse Fire burned 10,367 acres in Washington, in 2002. It was discovered on July 13, 2002, and contained on July 16, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 10,367 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2002
- Contained
- July 16, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,873 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.316, -120.626.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,367 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,873 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2002, 2:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2002, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- 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
- WA4628712053820020713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-450919
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 | ||
| Quartz Mt. Complex (Middle Mountain) Fire | 7,858 | Aug 17, 2002 | Natural |
| Hwy 24 Fire | 4,800 | Sep 29, 2002 | Human |
| 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
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.