Wildfires of 2008

Stuhlmiller Fire

2008Douglas County, WashingtonWildfire

The Stuhlmiller Fire burned 1,310 acres in Douglas County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on July 22, 2008, and contained on July 25, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,310 acres
Discovered
July 22, 2008
Contained
July 25, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.257, -120.453.

The record

Reported final size
1,310 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,243 acres
Discovered
July 22, 2008, 5:35 p.m. local time
Contained
July 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Washington
County
Douglas County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Spokane District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
WA4725712045320080722
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-576461
Note on the perimeter
Fire/burn scar not visible at location/nearest visible burn scar was mapped.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Columbia River Road Fire22,155Aug 7, 2008Human
Swanson Lake Fire19,090Aug 18, 2008Human
Badger Mtn Complex (Badger Mountain) Fire15,023Jul 8, 2008Human
Smith Lake Fire12,513Aug 1, 2008
Unnamed Fire7,684
Two Lakes Fire6,431
Cold Springs Fire4,728Jul 12, 2008Natural
Willow Creek Fire3,600Jul 13, 2008
Unnamed Fire3,500Jul 27, 2008Human
Baird Springs Fire3,206Jun 15, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire2,963
Unnamed Fire2,929

Every fire of 2008 Washington fire history

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.