Middle Fork Fire
The Middle Fork Fire burned 2,111 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on July 11, 2003. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 2,111 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,485 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.529, -120.990.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,111 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,485 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2003
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Washington
- County
- Yakima County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4652212098520030711
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- WA_19197
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
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.