Cayuse Fire
The Cayuse Fire burned 1,778 acres in Okanogan County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on July 9, 2008, and contained on July 19, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to June 28, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,778 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 2008
- Contained
- July 19, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,821 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.690, -119.214.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,778 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,821 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,776 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 2008, 3:35 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 28, 2008
- Contained
- July 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- County
- Okanogan County
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAOWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4869311918120080628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1472773
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- FS ac burned 583
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Road Fire | 22,155 | Aug 7, 2008 | Human |
| Swanson Lake Fire | 19,090 | Aug 18, 2008 | Human |
| Badger Mtn Complex (Badger Mountain) Fire | 15,023 | Jul 8, 2008 | Human |
| Smith Lake Fire | 12,513 | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,684 | ||
| Two Lakes Fire | 6,431 | ||
| Cold Springs Fire | 4,728 | Jul 12, 2008 | Natural |
| Willow Creek Fire | 3,600 | Jul 13, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,500 | Jul 27, 2008 | Human |
| Baird Springs Fire | 3,206 | Jun 15, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,963 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 2,929 |
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.