Tatoosh Complex
The Tatoosh Complex burned 51,671 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 2006. It was discovered on August 22, 2006, and contained on November 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 51,671 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006
- Contained
- November 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 49,251 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.896, -120.561.
The record
- Reported final size
- 51,671 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 49,251 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 52,339 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006, 9:10 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 9, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Part of
- Tatoosh Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4897812059620060822
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1444352
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 5 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- reported acres include Van Peak 1813 acres
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 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 |
| 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 | |
| Kurby Fire | 2,639 | Aug 4, 2006 | |
| Welch Road Fire | 2,571 |
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.