Observation Fire
The Observation Fire burned 2,190 acres in Lassen County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on June 25, 2006, and contained on June 30, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,190 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2006
- Contained
- June 30, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,763 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.765, -120.141.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,190 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,763 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,393 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2006, 3:54 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Lassen County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- CANOD
- Part of
- Observation Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4076012014920060625
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-524403
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.