Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,015 acres in Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on September 3, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,015 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,016 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.847, -121.105.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,015 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,016 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2003, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- North Cascades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WANCP
- Part of
- Noca Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-WANCP-000049
- Fire occurrence record
- W-202647
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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. 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.