Umtanum Ridge Fire
The Umtanum Ridge Fire burned 20,000 acres in Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on July 24, 2003, and contained on July 28, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 20,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2003
- Contained
- July 28, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 34,361 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.583, -119.967.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 34,361 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2003, 12:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- Reporting unit
- Hanford Reach National Monument
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4668612005920030724
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003WAHFRA467
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 |
| 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 |
| Black Canyon Fire | 2,287 | Aug 10, 2003 | Human |
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.