Border Fire
The Border Fire burned 1,880 acres in San Diego County, California, in 2004. It was discovered on September 13, 2004, and contained on September 15, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,880 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2004
- Contained
- September 15, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,678 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.600, -116.551.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,880 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,678 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2004, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- California
- County
- San Diego County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3258511651420040913
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124917
- Note on the perimeter
- edited the perimeter to cover all of the fire into Mexico also.
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 California in 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumsey Fire | 39,138 | Oct 10, 2004 | Human |
| Pine Fire | 17,418 | Jul 12, 2004 | Human |
| Power Fire | 16,823 | Oct 6, 2004 | Human |
| Cerrito Fire | 16,460 | May 3, 2004 | Human |
| French Fire | 12,535 | Aug 14, 2004 | Human |
| Geysers Fire | 12,525 | Sep 3, 2004 | |
| Crown Complex (Crown) Fire | 11,966 | Jul 20, 2004 | Human |
| Bear Fire | 10,484 | Aug 11, 2004 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 8,945 | May 2, 2004 | Human |
| Mataguay Fire | 8,500 | Jul 13, 2004 | Human |
| Freds Fire | 7,700 | Oct 13, 2004 | Human |
| Gaviota Fire | 7,440 | Jun 5, 2004 | 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.