Swanson Lake Fire
The Swanson Lake Fire burned 19,090 acres in Lincoln County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on August 18, 2008, and contained on September 13, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 19,090 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008
- Contained
- September 13, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,932 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.709, -118.428.
The record
- Reported final size
- 19,090 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,932 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,057 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008, 3:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 13, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WANES
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4771111840320080818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-579514
- Perimeter records
- 2 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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.