Gatos Fire
The Gatos Fire burned 1,307 acres in Fresno County, California, in 2004. It was discovered on July 11, 2004, and contained on July 15, 2004. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,307 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2004
- Contained
- July 15, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,007 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.234, -120.561.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,307 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,007 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,145 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2004, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2004, 6:58 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- Fresno County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAFKU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3623712057320040711
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-566994
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.