Columbia Complex
The Columbia Complex burned 109,259 acres in Columbia County, Washington, in 2006. It was discovered on August 21, 2006, and contained on October 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 109,259 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2006
- Contained
- October 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 118,790 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.143, -118.044.
The record
- Reported final size
- 109,259 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 118,790 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 109,259 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2006, 10:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 9, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Columbia County
- Reporting unit
- Umatilla National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORUMF
- Part of
- Columbia Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-ORUMF-000102
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4616811780620060821
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1442801
- Perimeter map method
- Photogrammetric Compilation
- Perimeter records
- 2 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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tripod Complex (Tripod) Fire | 113,011 | Jul 24, 2006 | Natural |
| Tripod Complex (Spur Peak) Fire | 62,173 | Jul 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Tatoosh Complex | 51,671 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Tinpan Fire | 9,252 | Jul 7, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,125 | Aug 28, 2006 | |
| Hatch Grade Fire | 8,000 | Jul 28, 2006 | Human |
| Flick Creek Fire | 7,879 | Jul 26, 2006 | Human |
| Highland Road Fire | 5,506 | Sep 30, 2006 | Human |
| Rocky Ford Fire | 5,000 | Jun 28, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,637 | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| Kurby Fire | 2,639 | Aug 4, 2006 | |
| Welch Road Fire | 2,571 |
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.