Wildfires of 2007

Overlook Fire

2007WashingtonWildfire

The Overlook Fire burned 17,946 acres in Washington, in 2007. It was discovered on July 13, 2007, and contained on July 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
17,946 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2007
Contained
July 20, 2007
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,363 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.621, -119.381.

The record

Reported final size
17,946 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
20,363 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
19,569 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2007, 1:00 p.m. local time
Contained
July 20, 2007, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Washington
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Hanford Reach National Monument
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
WAWFS
Part of
Horse Heaven Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Hwy 24 Mp 60
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2007-WAWFS-000802
MTBS fire identifier
WA4666711939320070713
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2007WAHFRDQE2
Perimeter map method
Other

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

FireAcresStartCause
Wautoma Fire72,641Aug 16, 2007
Black Rock Fire31,469
Manila Creek Fire26,805Sep 10, 2007Human
Manilla Creek Fire25,790
Horse Heaven Complex (Six Prong) Fire20,947Jul 13, 2007Natural
Unnamed Fire17,420Jul 6, 2007Human
Tunk Grade Fire15,547Jul 14, 2007Natural
Domke Lake Complex11,791Aug 5, 2007Natural
South Omak Lake Fire10,500Aug 30, 2007Human
Pend D'Oreille Fire9,482
WoodGulch Fire7,666
Milepost 17 Fire6,453

Every fire of 2007 Washington fire history

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.