Willow Creek Fire
The Willow Creek Fire burned 3,600 acres in Grant County, Washington, in 2008. It was discovered on July 13, 2008, and contained on July 14, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to July 14, 2008.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2008
- Contained
- July 14, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,563 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.326, -119.426.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,563 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2008, 9:21 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 14, 2008
- Contained
- July 14, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Grant County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4734211940520080714
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_WA-WFS-906
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 |
| 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
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.