Wildfires of 2006

Hatch Grade Fire

2006WashingtonWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Tripod Complex (Tripod) Fire113,011Jul 24, 2006Natural
Columbia Complex109,259Aug 21, 2006Natural
Tripod Complex (Spur Peak) Fire62,173Jul 3, 2006Natural
Tatoosh Complex51,671Aug 22, 2006Natural
Tinpan Fire9,252Jul 7, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire8,125Aug 28, 2006
Flick Creek Fire7,879Jul 26, 2006Human
Highland Road Fire5,506Sep 30, 2006Human
Rocky Ford Fire5,000Jun 28, 2006
Unnamed Fire4,637Sep 29, 2006
Kurby Fire2,639Aug 4, 2006
Welch Road Fire2,571

Every fire of 2006 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.