Williams Lake Rd Fire
The Williams Lake Rd Fire burned 1,783 acres in Lincoln County, Washington, in 2006. It was discovered on September 12, 2006, and contained on September 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,783 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 2006
- Contained
- September 16, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,981 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.318, -117.901.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,783 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,981 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 2006, 4:11 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4730811788820060912
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-532000
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 |
| Tatoosh Complex | 51,671 | Aug 22, 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 |
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.