Sierra Fire
The Sierra Fire burned 1,044 acres in Riverside County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on March 11, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,044 acres
- Discovered
- March 11, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.829, -117.460.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,044 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 778 acres
- Discovered
- March 11, 2007, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Riverside County
- Reporting unit
- Riverside Unit
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CARRU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007CACDFRRU022254
- Perimeter map method
- Mixed Collection Methods
- 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 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. 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.