Balls Canyon Fire
The Balls Canyon Fire burned 4,801 acres in Sierra County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on July 10, 2007, and contained on July 15, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,801 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2007
- Contained
- July 15, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,556 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.683, -120.037.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,801 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,556 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,555 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2007, 4:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Sierra County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVCCD-002899
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3968412005120070710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1452806
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/6/2016
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaca Fire | 240,207 | Jul 4, 2007 | Human |
| Witch Fire | 197,990 | Oct 21, 2007 | Human |
| Harris Fire | 90,440 | Oct 21, 2007 | Human |
| Moonlight Fire | 64,995 | Sep 3, 2007 | Human |
| Poomacha Fire | 49,390 | Oct 23, 2007 | Human |
| Lick Fire | 47,760 | Sep 3, 2007 | Human |
| Ranch Fire | 45,300 | Oct 20, 2007 | Human |
| Buckweed Fire | 38,356 | Oct 21, 2007 | Human |
| Santiago Fire | 28,476 | Oct 21, 2007 | Human |
| Inyo Complex (Oak) Fire | 28,426 | Jul 6, 2007 | |
| Antelope Complex (Wheeler) Fire | 22,906 | Jul 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Ammo Fire | 21,004 | Oct 23, 2007 |
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.