Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,420 acres in Monterey County, California, in 2002. It was discovered on August 20, 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to June 14, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,420 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,426 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.903, -121.214.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,420 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,426 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2002, 6:58 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 14, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Monterey County
- Reporting unit
- Los Padres National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3591512120920020614
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2002_CA-LPF-1543
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
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.