Manila Creek Fire
The Manila Creek Fire burned 26,805 acres in Washington, in 2007. It was discovered on September 10, 2007, and contained on September 24, 2007. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 26,805 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 2007
- Contained
- September 24, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,241 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.020, -118.781.
The record
- Reported final size
- 26,805 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,241 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 27,505 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 2007, 11:29 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 24, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-WACOA-000256
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4804011878020070910
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-554623
- Note on the perimeter
- BIA WFMI 554623
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Milepost 17 Fire | 6,453 |
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.