Paddle Fire
The Paddle Fire burned 1,400 acres in Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on July 4, 2003, and contained on July 11, 2003. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2003
- Contained
- July 11, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,417 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.953, -118.249.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,417 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2003, 8:03 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 11, 2003, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Spokane Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4794511826620030704
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-452945
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.