Atwood Prescribed Fire
The Atwood Prescribed Fire burned 2,439 acres in California, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to June 25, 2003.
- Size
- 2,439 acres
- Ignition
- June 25, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,439 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.467, -118.688.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,439 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 25, 2003
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3646711868820030625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in California in 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fire | 280,059 | Oct 25, 2003 | Human |
| Simi Fire | 108,204 | Oct 25, 2003 | |
| Old Fire | 91,281 | Oct 25, 2003 | Human |
| Piru Fire | 63,720 | Oct 23, 2003 | Human |
| Grand Prix Fire | 59,788 | Oct 21, 2003 | Human |
| Paradise Fire | 56,427 | Oct 26, 2003 | Human |
| Mine/Otay Fire | 47,921 | Oct 26, 2003 | Human |
| Annie Fire | 30,170 | Aug 25, 2003 | Natural |
| Coyote Fire | 19,576 | Jul 16, 2003 | Natural |
| Honeydew Fire | 13,846 | Sep 3, 2003 | Natural |
| Local Fire | 12,000 | Feb 23, 2003 | Human |
| Canoe Fire | 11,036 | Sep 3, 2003 | 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.