Btu Lightning Complex (Smokey) Fire
The Btu Lightning Complex (Smokey) Fire burned 1,324 acres in Tehama County, California, in 2008. It was discovered on June 21, 2008, and contained on August 20, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to June 20, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,324 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2008
- Contained
- August 20, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,421 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.055, -121.626.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,324 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,421 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 20, 2008
- Contained
- August 20, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Tehama County
- Reporting unit
- Lassen National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Btu Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4006312162120080620
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474509
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Complex | 162,818 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Basin Complex (Indians) Fire | 81,378 | Jun 8, 2008 | Human |
| Siskiyou-Blue 2 Complex (Blue 2) Fire | 65,834 | Jun 20, 2008 | Natural |
| Btu Lightning Complex (Long Branch-Jack) Fire | 47,647 | Aug 13, 2008 | Natural |
| Panther Fire | 44,452 | Jul 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Bear Wallow Complex (Ukonom) Fire | 38,394 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Piute Fire | 37,026 | Jun 28, 2008 | Human |
| Telegraph Fire | 34,091 | Jul 25, 2008 | Human |
| Yolla Bolly Complex (Iron) Fire | 32,903 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Yellow Fire | 32,250 | Jun 22, 2008 | Natural |
| Iron and Alps Complexes (Eagle) Fire | 32,059 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Yellow Fire | 31,933 |
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.