Elmer City Fire
The Elmer City Fire burned 1,929 acres in Washington, in 2004. It was discovered on July 29, 2004, and contained on August 4, 2004. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,929 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2004
- Contained
- August 4, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,956 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.999, -118.950.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,929 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,956 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,928 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2004, 2:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 4, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WACOA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-WACOA-99999999
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4800911890620040729
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-441484
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 20049
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex | 29,700 | Jul 19, 2004 | Natural |
| Pot Peak Fire | 17,181 | ||
| Fischer Fire | 16,424 | Aug 8, 2004 | Human |
| Hopkins Canyon Complex | 5,072 | Jun 26, 2004 | Natural |
| Beebe Fire | 4,205 | Jul 4, 2004 | Human |
| Mud Lake Fire | 4,000 | Aug 9, 2004 | Human |
| Williams Butte Fire | 1,257 | Aug 16, 2004 | Natural |
| Freezeout Fire | 838 | Jun 24, 2004 | Natural |
| Mill Canyon Fire | 150 | Aug 1, 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.