Seep Lakes Fire
The Seep Lakes Fire burned 1,750 acres in Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on June 29, 2008, and contained on June 30, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,750 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2008
- Contained
- June 30, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,812 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.965, -119.188.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,812 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,901 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2008, 6:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2008, 11:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAWAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4695611915920080629
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008WACBRD9B1
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.