Dirty Face Fire
The Dirty Face Fire burned 1,150 acres in Chelan County, Washington, in 2005. It was discovered on July 30, 2005, and contained on October 24, 2005. The cause was recorded as other causes.
- Size
- 1,150 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2005
- Contained
- October 24, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,376 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.837, -120.805.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,150 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,376 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,150 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2005, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 24, 2005, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Other causes
- State
- Washington
- County
- Chelan County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4784912078720050730
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1430434
- 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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| School Fire | 52,000 | Aug 5, 2005 | Human |
| Walker Canyon Fire | 25,000 | Jun 25, 2005 | |
| West Omak Lake Fire | 11,330 | Jul 12, 2005 | Human |
| Mcclane Fire | 6,851 | Aug 9, 2005 | Human |
| Wood Gulch Fire | 5,400 | Jul 23, 2005 | |
| Wall Lake Fire | 5,178 | Jul 27, 2005 | Human |
| Juniper Canyon Fire | 5,000 | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| Weather Station Fire | 4,917 | Jul 5, 2005 | |
| Second Hud Fire | 4,274 | Jul 4, 2005 | Human |
| I 82 Fire | 2,200 | Aug 19, 2005 | Human |
| Badger Road Fire | 2,000 | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| Harker Canyon Fire | 1,566 | Aug 10, 2005 | 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.