Kurby Fire
The Kurby Fire burned 2,639 acres in Washington, in 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to August 4, 2006.
- Size
- 2,639 acres
- Ignition
- August 4, 2006
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,639 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.412, -117.134.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,639 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 4, 2006
- State
- Washington
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4641211713420060804
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. 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.