Tar Fire
The Tar Fire burned 5,600 acres in Fresno County, California, in 2007. It was discovered on August 10, 2007, and contained on August 15, 2007. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 5,600 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2007
- Contained
- August 15, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,021 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.942, -120.266.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,021 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,671 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2007, 5:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2007, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- California
- County
- Fresno County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAFKU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3592812029720070810
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-548153
- 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. 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.