Wildfires of 2003

Unnamed Fire

2003WashingtonWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Fawn Peak Complex (Farewell) Fire81,343Jun 30, 2003Natural
Needles Fire21,300Aug 5, 2003Natural
Umtanum Ridge Fire20,000Jul 24, 2003Human
Rattlesnake Canyon Fire10,500Jul 4, 2003Human
Hatten Road Fire7,209Jul 27, 2003Human
Togo Mountain Fire5,285Aug 15, 2003Natural
Juniper Dunes Fire5,200Aug 6, 2003Natural
Isabel Fire4,535Sep 7, 2003Natural
Mineral Park Fire3,654Aug 15, 2003Natural
Ahtanum Ridge Fire2,675Jun 27, 2003Human
Maple Fire2,409Sep 5, 2003Natural
Bigbeaver Fire2,301Aug 5, 2003Natural

Every fire of 2003 Washington fire history

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.