Boulder Fire
The Boulder Fire burned 2,920 acres in Plumas County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on June 25, 2006, and contained on July 12, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,920 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2006
- Contained
- July 12, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,873 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.219, -120.607.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,920 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,873 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,919 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2006, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 12, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Plumas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Plumas National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAPNF
- Part of
- Boulder Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4019512057720060625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1444201
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Indian, Sage, Hungry, and Boulder Perimiters are separate records
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day Fire | 162,702 | Sep 4, 2006 | Human |
| Pigeon Fire | 66,113 | Jul 24, 2006 | Natural |
| Millard Fire | 61,700 | Jul 9, 2006 | Natural |
| Esperanza Fire | 40,200 | Oct 26, 2006 | Human |
| Pigeon Fire | 35,094 | ||
| Canyon Fire | 34,271 | Jul 9, 2006 | Human |
| Shekell Fire | 30,000 | Dec 3, 2006 | Human |
| Olive Fire | 25,000 | Jul 21, 2006 | Human |
| Millard Fire | 24,219 | ||
| Horse Fire | 16,677 | Jul 23, 2006 | Human |
| Hunter Fire | 16,296 | Jul 24, 2006 | Natural |
| Orleans Complex | 15,710 | Jul 24, 2006 | Natural |
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.