Williams Butte Fire
The Williams Butte Fire burned 1,257 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 2004. It was discovered on August 16, 2004, and contained on August 30, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,257 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2004
- Contained
- August 30, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,257 acres, mapped by other. Point of origin as reported, 48.388, -120.524.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,257 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,257 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2004, 5:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2004, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Part of
- Williams Butte Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-402689
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex | 29,700 | Jul 19, 2004 | Natural |
| Pot Peak Fire | 17,181 | ||
| Fischer Fire | 16,424 | Aug 8, 2004 | Human |
| Hopkins Canyon Complex | 5,072 | Jun 26, 2004 | Natural |
| Beebe Fire | 4,205 | Jul 4, 2004 | Human |
| Mud Lake Fire | 4,000 | Aug 9, 2004 | Human |
| Elmer City Fire | 1,929 | Jul 29, 2004 | Human |
| Freezeout Fire | 838 | Jun 24, 2004 | Natural |
| Mill Canyon Fire | 150 | Aug 1, 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. 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.