PW-03 Gin Flat Fire
The PW-03 Gin Flat Fire burned 3,427 acres in California, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to October 3, 2002.
- Size
- 3,427 acres
- Ignition
- October 3, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,427 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.789, -119.760.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,427 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 3, 2002
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3778911976020021003
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.