James Fire
The James Fire burned 4,200 acres in Kern County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on July 29, 2007, and contained on August 2, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to April 29, 2007. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 4,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2007
- Contained
- August 2, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,076 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.763, -118.400.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,076 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,349 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2007, 2:46 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 29, 2007
- Contained
- August 2, 2007, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- California
- County
- Kern County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Sequoia National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASQF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3574911839820070429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1450410
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.