Wildfires of 2005

Mcclane Fire

2005WashingtonWildfire

The Mcclane Fire burned 6,851 acres in Washington, in 2005. It was discovered on August 9, 2005, and contained on August 11, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
6,851 acres
Discovered
August 9, 2005
Contained
August 11, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,186 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.639, -118.681.

The record

Reported final size
6,851 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
7,186 acres
Discovered
August 9, 2005, 1:45 p.m. local time
Contained
August 11, 2005, 8:15 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Hanford Reach National Monument
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
WA4664811932220050809
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005WAHFRB2U2

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

FireAcresStartCause
School Fire52,000Aug 5, 2005Human
Walker Canyon Fire25,000Jun 25, 2005
West Omak Lake Fire11,330Jul 12, 2005Human
Wood Gulch Fire5,400Jul 23, 2005
Wall Lake Fire5,178Jul 27, 2005Human
Juniper Canyon Fire5,000Jun 22, 2005
Weather Station Fire4,917Jul 5, 2005
Second Hud Fire4,274Jul 4, 2005Human
I 82 Fire2,200Aug 19, 2005Human
Badger Road Fire2,000Jul 25, 2005
Harker Canyon Fire1,566Aug 10, 2005Human
Burnt Bread Fire1,246Aug 6, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Washington fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.