Halloran Fire
The Halloran Fire burned 1,064 acres in California, in 2005. It was discovered on August 3, 2005, and contained on August 3, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,064 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 2005
- Contained
- August 3, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,043 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.399, -115.780.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,064 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,043 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 981 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 2005, 2:11 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2005, 10:22 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-CAMNP-008073
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3539211577520050803
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-505185
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| China Lake Fire | 10,350 | Jul 18, 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 |
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.