Yellow Fire
The Yellow Fire burned 32,250 acres in Trinity County, California, in 2008. It was discovered on June 22, 2008, and contained on November 20, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to July 2, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 32,250 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2008
- Contained
- November 20, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 33,202 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.076, -123.096.
The record
- Reported final size
- 32,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 33,202 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2008, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 2, 2008
- Contained
- November 20, 2008, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Trinity County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Mendocino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Yolla Bolly Complex 2008
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3339211745520080702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474514
- Note on the perimeter
- Some herbaceous cover in perimeter.
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 California in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Complex | 162,818 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Basin Complex (Indians) Fire | 81,378 | Jun 8, 2008 | Human |
| Siskiyou-Blue 2 Complex (Blue 2) Fire | 65,834 | Jun 20, 2008 | Natural |
| Btu Lightning Complex (Long Branch-Jack) Fire | 47,647 | Aug 13, 2008 | Natural |
| Panther Fire | 44,452 | Jul 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Bear Wallow Complex (Ukonom) Fire | 38,394 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Piute Fire | 37,026 | Jun 28, 2008 | Human |
| Telegraph Fire | 34,091 | Jul 25, 2008 | Human |
| Yolla Bolly Complex (Iron) Fire | 32,903 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Iron and Alps Complexes (Eagle) Fire | 32,059 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Yellow Fire | 31,933 | ||
| Iron and Alps Complexes (Buckhorn) Fire | 31,419 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
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.