Wildfires of 2005

Fire 10238

2005Fresno County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Fire 10238 burned 1,000 acres in Fresno County, California, in 2005. It was discovered on August 30, 2005, and contained on August 30, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
August 30, 2005
Contained
August 30, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 36.247, -120.275.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
August 30, 2005, 11:13 a.m. local time
Contained
August 30, 2005, 1:25 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
California
County
Fresno County
Reporting unit
Fresno-Kings Unit
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2005CACDFFKU010238

Other large fires in California in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Hackberry Complex63,436Jun 22, 2005Natural
Unnamed Fire39,062Aug 25, 2005
Topanga Fire24,970Sep 28, 2005Human
China Lake Fire10,350Jul 18, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire9,039Aug 19, 2005
Comb Complex8,675Jul 22, 2005Natural
Hackberry Fire7,158
Tesla Fire6,744Jul 19, 2005Human
Woodhouse Fire6,644Oct 5, 2005Human
Five Fire5,514Jun 4, 2005Human
Blaisdell Fire5,493Aug 26, 2005Human
Border 50 Fire4,100Oct 5, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 California fire history

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Sources

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.