Power Tower Fire
The Power Tower Fire burned 1,561 acres in California, in 2004. MTBS dates its ignition to March 21, 2004.
- Size
- 1,561 acres
- Ignition
- March 21, 2004
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,561 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.590, -122.525.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,561 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 21, 2004
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4059012252520040321
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.