Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,192 acres in Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on July 14, 2008, and contained on July 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,192 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2008
- Contained
- July 17, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,492 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.646, -119.763.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,192 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,492 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2008, 2:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Hanford Reach National Monument
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4665011976320080714
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008WAHFREB1H
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
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.