Wildfires of 2006

Kingsley Fire

2006Tehama County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Kingsley Fire burned 6,854 acres in Tehama County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on July 25, 2006, and contained on August 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
6,854 acres
Discovered
July 25, 2006
Contained
August 9, 2006
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.038, -122.941.

The record

Reported final size
6,854 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
558 acres
Discovered
July 25, 2006, 8:27 a.m. local time
Contained
August 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
California
County
Tehama County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Mendocino National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
CAMNF
Part of
Kingsley Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-1444097

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

FireAcresStartCause
Day Fire162,702Sep 4, 2006Human
Pigeon Fire66,113Jul 24, 2006Natural
Millard Fire61,700Jul 9, 2006Natural
Esperanza Fire40,200Oct 26, 2006Human
Pigeon Fire35,094
Canyon Fire34,271Jul 9, 2006Human
Shekell Fire30,000Dec 3, 2006Human
Olive Fire25,000Jul 21, 2006Human
Millard Fire24,219
Horse Fire16,677Jul 23, 2006Human
Hunter Fire16,296Jul 24, 2006Natural
Orleans Complex15,710Jul 24, 2006Natural

Every fire of 2006 California fire history

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. 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.