Midway Fire
The Midway Fire burned 6,400 acres in San Joaquin County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on July 11, 2006, and contained on July 11, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 6,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2006
- Contained
- July 11, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,242 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.277, -123.659.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,242 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,540 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2006, 3:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 11, 2006, 3:09 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- San Joaquin County
- Reporting unit
- Santa Clara Unit
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CASCU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3767712151320060711
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006CACDFSCU004345
- Perimeter map method
- GPS Ground
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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. 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.