Aliso Fire
The Aliso Fire burned 3,225 acres in San Diego County, California, in 2010. It was discovered on July 13, 2010, and contained on July 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,225 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2010
- Contained
- July 15, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,262 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.321, -117.387.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,225 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,262 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2010, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2010, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- San Diego County
- Reporting unit
- Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3334311736220100713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_CA-MCP-2054
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Fire | 16,442 | Jul 26, 2010 | Human |
| Crown Fire | 13,918 | Jul 29, 2010 | Human |
| Canyon Fire | 9,820 | Sep 12, 2010 | Human |
| Mcdonald Fire | 9,408 | Jul 26, 2010 | Natural |
| Sheep Complex | 9,020 | Jul 16, 2010 | Natural |
| Cotton Fire | 2,044 | May 15, 2010 | Human |
| Indian Fire | 1,822 | Jul 18, 2010 | Natural |
| Slope Fire | 1,711 | Jul 25, 2010 | Natural |
| West Fire | 1,658 | Jul 27, 2010 | |
| Robinson Fire | 1,600 | Jun 11, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Oct 11, 2010 | |
| Constantia Fire | 1,369 | Jul 24, 2010 | 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.