Harker Canyon Fire
The Harker Canyon Fire burned 1,566 acres in Lincoln County, Washington, in 2005. It was discovered on August 10, 2005, and contained on August 14, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,566 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2005
- Contained
- August 14, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,600 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.781, -118.064.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,566 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,600 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,557 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WANES
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4777411806420050810
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-505905
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 | |
| Burnt Bread Fire | 1,246 | Aug 6, 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.