Rock Lake Fire
The Rock Lake Fire burned 2,172 acres in Whitman County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on August 18, 2008, and contained on August 23, 2008.
- Size
- 2,172 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008
- Contained
- August 23, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,384 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.221, -117.648.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,172 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,384 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,269 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Whitman County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAWAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4722911765320080818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_WA-WFS-910
- Perimeter records
- 3 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 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.