Wildfires of 2009

Lockheed Fire

2009Santa Cruz County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Lockheed Fire burned 7,817 acres in Santa Cruz County, California, in 2009. It was discovered on August 12, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
7,817 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2009
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 7,783 acres, mapped by gps ground. Point of origin as reported, 37.148, -122.190.

The record

Reported final size
7,817 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
7,783 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2009, 7:16 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
California
County
Santa Cruz County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
Agency
CAL FIRE
Unit
CACZU
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-CACZU-009867
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2009-CACDFCZU007246
Perimeter map method
GPS Ground
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 California in 200912

FireAcresStartCause
Station Fire160,371Aug 26, 2009Human
La Brea Fire91,622Aug 8, 2009Human
Guiberson Fire17,463Sep 22, 2009Human
Corral Fire12,200Aug 13, 2009Human
Hat Creek Complex (Sugarloaf) Fire9,356Aug 1, 2009Natural
Jesusita Fire8,733May 5, 2009Human
Unnamed Fire7,500Oct 4, 2009
Big Meadow Fire7,425Aug 26, 2009Human
Sheep Fire7,128Oct 3, 2009Human
Shu Lightning Complex (Chalk) Fire6,923Aug 2, 2009Natural
Gloria Fire6,437Aug 27, 2009Human
Knight Fire6,130Jul 26, 2009Human

Every fire of 2009 California fire history

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. 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.