French Fire
The French Fire burned 12,535 acres in California, in 2004. It was discovered on August 14, 2004, and contained on August 26, 2004. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 12,535 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2004
- Contained
- August 26, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,667 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.681, -122.641.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,535 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,667 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 12,995 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2004, 2:22 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- CAWNP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-CAWNP-000045
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4074012270320040814
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-215457
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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 |
| Crown Complex (Foothill) Fire | 6,061 | Jul 17, 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.