Eureka Fire
The Eureka Fire burned 21,620 acres in Walla Walla County, Washington, in 2010. It was discovered on August 6, 2010, and contained on August 8, 2010. MTBS dates its ignition to August 7, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 21,620 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2010
- Contained
- August 8, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,804 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.371, -118.572.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,620 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,804 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,839 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2010, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 7, 2010
- Contained
- August 8, 2010, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Walla Walla County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WASES
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4644911854220100807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_WA-WFS-106
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swakane Fire | 19,291 | Jul 10, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,724 | Aug 14, 2010 | |
| Hubbard Fire | 11,500 | Aug 26, 2010 | |
| Boulder Creek Fire | 10,013 | ||
| Baird Springs Fire | 7,693 | Sep 10, 2010 | Human |
| Cowiche Mill Fire | 5,834 | Jul 18, 2010 | Human |
| Duck Lake Fire | 3,000 | Jul 14, 2010 | Human |
| Port Kelly Fire | 2,755 | Jul 31, 2010 | Natural |
| Spanish Castle Fire | 2,470 | Jul 4, 2010 | Human |
| Leahy Junction Fire | 2,000 | Aug 3, 2010 | Natural |
| Wenatchee River Complex | 1,948 | Jul 30, 2010 | Natural |
| Nahahum Fire | 1,947 |
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.