Milepost 38 Fire
The Milepost 38 Fire burned 1,923 acres in Washington, in 2009. It was discovered on September 16, 2009, and contained on September 21, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,923 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 2009
- Contained
- September 21, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,091 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.074, -118.974.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,923 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,091 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,910 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 2009, 3:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 21, 2009, 5:03 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WACOA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-WACOA-000304
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4810311897420090916
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-597430
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 20097
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek Complex | 48,902 | Aug 20, 2009 | Natural |
| Oden Road Fire | 9,607 | Aug 21, 2009 | Natural |
| Discovery Fire | 4,132 | Jul 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Ahtanum 1 Fire | 2,750 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Preston-Fox Fire | 1,400 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Twin Peaks Fire | 1,200 | Sep 3, 2009 | Natural |
| Texas Lake Fire | 1,185 | Aug 21, 2009 | Natural |
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. 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.