Ridge Fire
The Ridge Fire burned 2,418 acres in Kern County, California, in 2006. It was discovered on July 22, 2006, and contained on July 31, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,418 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2006
- Contained
- July 31, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,485 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.901, -119.279.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,418 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,485 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,417 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2006, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 31, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Kern County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Los Padres National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CALPF
- Part of
- Mt. Pinos Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3491311929720060722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1437913
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.