Webrcanyon Fire
The Webrcanyon Fire burned 761 acres in Benton County, Washington, in 2002. It was discovered on July 27, 2002, and contained on July 28, 2002. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 761 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2002
- Contained
- July 28, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,033 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.190, -119.464.
The record
- Reported final size
- 761 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,033 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 644 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2002, 5:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Washington
- County
- Benton County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4620911945320020727
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-110154
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 |
| 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 |
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.