Ralston Fire
The Ralston Fire burned 8,422 acres in Placer County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on September 5, 2006, and contained on September 5, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 8,422 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2006
- Contained
- September 5, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,977 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.017, -120.703.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,422 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,977 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2006, 3:51 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 2006, 4:28 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Placer County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Tahoe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3902412068120060905
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1443249
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
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.