Sims Fire
The Sims Fire burned 4,030 acres in California, in 2004. It was discovered on July 28, 2004, and contained on August 15, 2004. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 4,030 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2004
- Contained
- August 15, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,803 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.718, -123.571.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,030 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,803 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,036 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2004, 7:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2004, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Six Rivers National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASRF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4070212354420040728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-402004
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.