Second Hud Fire
The Second Hud Fire burned 4,274 acres in Washington, in 2005. It was discovered on July 4, 2005, and contained on July 19, 2005. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 4,274 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2005
- Contained
- July 19, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,474 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.425, -119.447.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,274 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,474 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,172 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2005, 1:49 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 19, 2005, 9:18 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4846311944220050704
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-512419
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 | |
| I 82 Fire | 2,200 | Aug 19, 2005 | Human |
| Badger Road Fire | 2,000 | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| Harker Canyon Fire | 1,566 | Aug 10, 2005 | Human |
| 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.