Quartz Mt. Complex (Middle Mountain) Fire
The Quartz Mt. Complex (Middle Mountain) Fire burned 7,858 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 2002. It was discovered on August 17, 2002, and contained on November 12, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,858 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2002
- Contained
- November 12, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,174 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.924, -120.471.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,858 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,174 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,392 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2002, 3:56 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 12, 2002, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Part of
- Quartz Mountain Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4889812049420020817
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-379924
- 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 |
| 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
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.