Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 693 acres in Yolo County, California, in 2002. It was discovered on October 1, 2002, and contained on October 3, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 693 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2002
- Contained
- October 3, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,519 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.905, -122.254.
The record
- Reported final size
- 693 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,519 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,514 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2002, 11:33 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 2002, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Yolo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CALNU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3889312226520021001
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-113391
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
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.