Wildfires of 2005

Hackberry Complex

2005CaliforniaWildfire

The Hackberry Complex burned 63,436 acres in California, in 2005. It was discovered on June 22, 2005, and contained on July 7, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
63,436 acres
Discovered
June 22, 2005
Contained
July 7, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 69,947 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.061, -115.424.

The record

Reported final size
63,436 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
69,947 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
63,771 acres
Discovered
June 22, 2005, 8:03 p.m. local time
Contained
July 7, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
California
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Mojave National Preserve
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
CAMNP
Part of
Hackberry Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Ranch, Goffs#1
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2005-CAMNP-006392
MTBS fire identifier
CA3508611531720050622
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-503971
Perimeter records
2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Note on the perimeter
Hackberry Complex, 6/28/2005 perimieter date

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

FireAcresStartCause
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
School Fire4,000Nov 18, 2005

Every fire of 2005 California fire history

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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.