Little Chopaka Fire
The Little Chopaka Fire burned 1,200 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 2007. It was discovered on July 7, 2007, and contained on July 14, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007
- Contained
- July 14, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,407 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.949, -119.683.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,407 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,421 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 14, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WASPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4896911967320070707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1455076
- 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.