Wildfires of 2004

Hopkins Canyon Complex

2004WashingtonWildfire

The Hopkins Canyon Complex burned 5,072 acres in Washington, in 2004. It was discovered on June 26, 2004, and contained on July 5, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
5,072 acres
Discovered
June 26, 2004
Contained
July 5, 2004
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,205 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.149, -119.168.

The record

Reported final size
5,072 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,205 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
5,069 acres
Discovered
June 26, 2004, 1:28 p.m. local time
Contained
July 5, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Colville Agency
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
WACOA
Part of
Hopkins Canyon Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2004-WACOA-000143
MTBS fire identifier
WA4816111916120040626
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-441422
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

FireAcresStartCause
Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex29,700Jul 19, 2004Natural
Pot Peak Fire17,181
Fischer Fire16,424Aug 8, 2004Human
Beebe Fire4,205Jul 4, 2004Human
Mud Lake Fire4,000Aug 9, 2004Human
Elmer City Fire1,929Jul 29, 2004Human
Williams Butte Fire1,257Aug 16, 2004Natural
Freezeout Fire838Jun 24, 2004Natural
Mill Canyon Fire150Aug 1, 2004Human

Every fire of 2004 Washington 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. 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.