Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire burned 3,399 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 2007. It was discovered on August 18, 2007, and contained on August 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,399 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2007
- Contained
- August 20, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,460 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.272, -117.358.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,399 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,460 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,400 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- County
- Asotin County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Umatilla National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORUMF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-ORUMF-000078
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4626911733920070818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1454228
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wautoma Fire | 72,641 | Aug 16, 2007 | |
| Black Rock Fire | 31,469 | ||
| Manila Creek Fire | 26,805 | Sep 10, 2007 | Human |
| Manilla Creek Fire | 25,790 | ||
| Horse Heaven Complex (Six Prong) Fire | 20,947 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Overlook Fire | 17,946 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 17,420 | Jul 6, 2007 | Human |
| Tunk Grade Fire | 15,547 | Jul 14, 2007 | Natural |
| Domke Lake Complex | 11,791 | Aug 5, 2007 | Natural |
| South Omak Lake Fire | 10,500 | Aug 30, 2007 | Human |
| Pend D'Oreille Fire | 9,482 | ||
| WoodGulch Fire | 7,666 |
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.