Wildfires of 2010

Constantia Fire

2010Lassen County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Constantia Fire burned 1,369 acres in Lassen County, California, in 2010. It was discovered on July 24, 2010, and contained on August 12, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,369 acres
Discovered
July 24, 2010
Contained
August 12, 2010
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,511 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.949, -120.057.

The record

Reported final size
1,369 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,511 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,453 acres
Discovered
July 24, 2010, 7:15 p.m. local time
Contained
August 12, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
California
County
Lassen County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Carson City District Office
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
CANOD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2010-NVCCD-003515
MTBS fire identifier
CA3993412005820100724
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-614382
Perimeter records
3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Note on the perimeter
WFDSS; GPS air

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

FireAcresStartCause
Bull Fire16,442Jul 26, 2010Human
Crown Fire13,918Jul 29, 2010Human
Canyon Fire9,820Sep 12, 2010Human
Mcdonald Fire9,408Jul 26, 2010Natural
Sheep Complex9,020Jul 16, 2010Natural
Aliso Fire3,225Jul 13, 2010Human
Cotton Fire2,044May 15, 2010Human
Indian Fire1,822Jul 18, 2010Natural
Slope Fire1,711Jul 25, 2010Natural
West Fire1,658Jul 27, 2010
Robinson Fire1,600Jun 11, 2010Human
Unnamed Fire1,500Oct 11, 2010

Every fire of 2010 California fire history

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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.