China Lake Fire
The China Lake Fire burned 10,350 acres in Inyo County, California, in 2005. It was discovered on July 18, 2005, and contained on July 24, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 10,350 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2005
- Contained
- July 24, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,158 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.886, -117.331.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,350 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,158 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,358 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- Inyo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- CACDD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3592511748620050718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-504270
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackberry Complex | 63,436 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 39,062 | Aug 25, 2005 | |
| Topanga Fire | 24,970 | Sep 28, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,039 | Aug 19, 2005 | |
| Comb Complex | 8,675 | Jul 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Hackberry Fire | 7,158 | ||
| Tesla Fire | 6,744 | Jul 19, 2005 | Human |
| Woodhouse Fire | 6,644 | Oct 5, 2005 | Human |
| Five Fire | 5,514 | Jun 4, 2005 | Human |
| Blaisdell Fire | 5,493 | Aug 26, 2005 | Human |
| Border 50 Fire | 4,100 | Oct 5, 2005 | Human |
| School Fire | 4,000 | Nov 18, 2005 |
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.