Ranch Fire
The Ranch Fire burned 45,300 acres in Los Angeles County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on October 20, 2007, and contained on November 15, 2007. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 45,300 acres
- Discovered
- October 20, 2007
- Contained
- November 15, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 37,006 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.573, -118.698.
The record
- Reported final size
- 45,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 37,006 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 58,410 acres
- Discovered
- October 20, 2007, 9:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 15, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Los Padres National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAANF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-CAHPR-D1Q3
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3451611872720071020
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1457823
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire started on Angeles NF and spread westerly under a very strong santa ana wind condition. 3/28/2012 J. Roberts changed org code from 81670 to 81674.
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 |
| 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 | |
| Butler 2 Fire | 14,039 | Sep 14, 2007 | Human |
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.