Lightning Fire
The Lightning Fire burned 2,180 acres in California, in 2003. It was discovered on July 16, 2003, and contained on July 17, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,180 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2003
- Contained
- July 17, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,139 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.006, -114.661.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,180 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,139 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2003, 7:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2003, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Havasu Refuges Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3500511465220030716
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003AZHVRB175
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 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. 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.