Calaveras Complex
The Calaveras Complex burned 5,000 acres in California, in 2004. It was discovered on August 6, 2004, and contained on August 20, 2004. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2004
- Contained
- August 20, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,684 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.049, -120.400.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,684 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,445 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2004, 5:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 2004, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CATCU
- Part of
- Calaveras Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Hwy 4 #2
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3791712067420040806
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-125593
- Perimeter map method
- GPS Air
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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
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. 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.