Wildfires of 2008

Unnamed Fire

2008San Luis Obispo County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,041 acres in San Luis Obispo County, California, in 2008. It was discovered on August 16, 2008. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.

Size
2,041 acres
Discovered
August 16, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 35.285, -120.656.

The record

Reported final size
2,041 acres
Discovered
August 16, 2008, 2:04 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
State
California
County
San Luis Obispo County
Reporting unit
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2008CACDFSLU000030

Other large fires in California in 200812

FireAcresStartCause
Basin Complex162,818Jun 21, 2008Natural
Basin Complex (Indians) Fire81,378Jun 8, 2008Human
Siskiyou-Blue 2 Complex (Blue 2) Fire65,834Jun 20, 2008Natural
Btu Lightning Complex (Long Branch-Jack) Fire47,647Aug 13, 2008Natural
Panther Fire44,452Jul 23, 2008Natural
Bear Wallow Complex (Ukonom) Fire38,394Jun 21, 2008Natural
Piute Fire37,026Jun 28, 2008Human
Telegraph Fire34,091Jul 25, 2008Human
Yolla Bolly Complex (Iron) Fire32,903Jun 21, 2008Natural
Yellow Fire32,250Jun 22, 2008Natural
Iron and Alps Complexes (Eagle) Fire32,059Jun 21, 2008Natural
Yellow Fire31,933

Every fire of 2008 California fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.