Wildfires of 2003

Watt Road Fire

2003WashingtonWildfire

The Watt Road Fire burned 1,080 acres in Washington, in 2003. It was discovered on July 21, 2003, and contained on July 28, 2003. The cause was recorded as smoking.

Size
1,080 acres
Discovered
July 21, 2003
Contained
July 28, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 47.239, -117.240.

The record

Reported final size
1,080 acres
Discovered
July 21, 2003, 1:00 p.m. local time
Contained
July 28, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Smoking
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2003WATBRA575

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

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Sources

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.