Station Fire
The Station Fire burned 160,371 acres in Los Angeles County, California, in 2009. It was discovered on August 26, 2009, and contained on September 22, 2009. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 160,371 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2009
- Contained
- September 22, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 165,285 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.242, -118.189.
The record
- Reported final size
- 160,371 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 165,285 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 160,833 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2009, 3:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Angeles National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAANF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-CACDD-003622
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3432711813620090826
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1483870
- 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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Brea Fire | 91,622 | Aug 8, 2009 | Human |
| Guiberson Fire | 17,463 | Sep 22, 2009 | Human |
| Corral Fire | 12,200 | Aug 13, 2009 | Human |
| Hat Creek Complex (Sugarloaf) Fire | 9,356 | Aug 1, 2009 | Natural |
| Jesusita Fire | 8,733 | May 5, 2009 | Human |
| Lockheed Fire | 7,817 | Aug 12, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,500 | Oct 4, 2009 | |
| Big Meadow Fire | 7,425 | Aug 26, 2009 | Human |
| Sheep Fire | 7,128 | Oct 3, 2009 | Human |
| Shu Lightning Complex (Chalk) Fire | 6,923 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Gloria Fire | 6,437 | Aug 27, 2009 | Human |
| Knight Fire | 6,130 | Jul 26, 2009 | Human |
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.