Wildfires of 2004

Cement Fire

2004Napa County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Cement Fire burned 1,200 acres in Napa County, California, in 2004. It was discovered on September 4, 2004, and contained on September 4, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
September 4, 2004
Contained
September 4, 2004
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,007 acres, mapped by hand drawn. Point of origin as reported, 38.309, -121.979.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,007 acres
Discovered
September 4, 2004, 1:30 p.m. local time
Contained
September 4, 2004, 7:35 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
California
County
Napa County
Reporting unit
Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CALNU
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2004CACDFLNU006675
Perimeter map method
Hand Drawn
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

FireAcresStartCause
Rumsey Fire39,138Oct 10, 2004Human
Pine Fire17,418Jul 12, 2004Human
Power Fire16,823Oct 6, 2004Human
Cerrito Fire16,460May 3, 2004Human
French Fire12,535Aug 14, 2004Human
Geysers Fire12,525Sep 3, 2004
Crown Complex (Crown) Fire11,966Jul 20, 2004Human
Bear Fire10,484Aug 11, 2004Human
Eagle Fire8,945May 2, 2004Human
Mataguay Fire8,500Jul 13, 2004Human
Freds Fire7,700Oct 13, 2004Human
Gaviota Fire7,440Jun 5, 2004Human

Every fire of 2004 California 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.