Hatch Grade Fire
The Hatch Grade Fire burned 8,000 acres in Washington, in 2006. It was discovered on July 28, 2006, and contained on July 30, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006
- Contained
- July 30, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,698 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.983, -118.967.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,698 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 30, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McNary National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4602011892220060728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006WAMNRC1ZG
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 |
| Columbia Complex | 109,259 | Aug 21, 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 | |
| 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
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.