Cold Springs Fire
The Cold Springs Fire burned 4,728 acres in Skamania County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on July 12, 2008, and contained on August 6, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,728 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2008
- Contained
- August 6, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,964 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.119, -121.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,728 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,964 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,959 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2008, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 6, 2008, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Skamania County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAGPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-WAGPF-000005
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4611412144620080712
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474329
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS from eTrex Legend
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Green Lake Fire | 2,614 | Jul 31, 2008 | Human |
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.