Elk Complex (Little Grider) Fire
The Elk Complex (Little Grider) Fire burned 2,171 acres in Siskiyou County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on July 11, 2007, and contained on December 6, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 10, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,171 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2007
- Contained
- December 6, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,396 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.800, -123.428.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,171 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,396 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,173 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2007, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 10, 2007
- Contained
- December 6, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Siskiyou County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Klamath National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAKNF
- Part of
- Elk Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4180412341220070710
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1454193
- Note on the perimeter
- Part of the Elk Complex, Total Cost 18,600,000
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.