Kingsley Fire
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
| 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. 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.