Buckweed Fire
The Buckweed Fire burned 38,356 acres in Los Angeles County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on October 21, 2007, and contained on October 21, 2007. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 38,356 acres
- Discovered
- October 21, 2007
- Contained
- October 21, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 41,315 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.524, -118.335.
The record
- Reported final size
- 38,356 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 41,315 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 38,348 acres
- Discovered
- October 21, 2007, 1:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 21, 2007, 1:20 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Reporting unit
- Angeles National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CALAC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3451511844620071021
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1458192
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- LACo # 232185
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 |
| 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 | |
| Butler 2 Fire | 14,039 | Sep 14, 2007 | Human |
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.