Black Canyon Fire
The Black Canyon Fire burned 2,287 acres in Ferry County, Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on August 10, 2003, and contained on August 17, 2003. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,287 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2003
- Contained
- August 17, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,402 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.886, -117.703.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,287 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,402 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,274 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2003, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Washington
- County
- Ferry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WASPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4888211767920030810
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117456
- 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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fawn Peak Complex (Farewell) Fire | 81,343 | Jun 30, 2003 | Natural |
| Needles Fire | 21,300 | Aug 5, 2003 | Natural |
| Umtanum Ridge Fire | 20,000 | Jul 24, 2003 | Human |
| Rattlesnake Canyon Fire | 10,500 | Jul 4, 2003 | Human |
| Hatten Road Fire | 7,209 | Jul 27, 2003 | Human |
| Togo Mountain Fire | 5,285 | Aug 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Juniper Dunes Fire | 5,200 | Aug 6, 2003 | Natural |
| Isabel Fire | 4,535 | Sep 7, 2003 | Natural |
| Mineral Park Fire | 3,654 | Aug 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Ahtanum Ridge Fire | 2,675 | Jun 27, 2003 | Human |
| Maple Fire | 2,409 | Sep 5, 2003 | Natural |
| Bigbeaver Fire | 2,301 | Aug 5, 2003 | 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.