Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 17,420 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 2007. It was discovered on July 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 17,420 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,545 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.258, -117.176.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,420 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,545 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Asotin County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4626911717320070706
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007WADNR52339
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 | ||
| Manila Creek Fire | 26,805 | Sep 10, 2007 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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
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.