Hubbard Fire
The Hubbard Fire burned 11,500 acres in Columbia County, Washington, in 2010. It was discovered on August 26, 2010, and contained on August 29, 2010.
- Size
- 11,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2010
- Contained
- August 29, 2010
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,818 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.377, -117.756.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,818 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Columbia County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4638111779920100826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_WA-WFS-109
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Fire | 21,620 | Aug 6, 2010 | Human |
| Swakane Fire | 19,291 | Jul 10, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,724 | Aug 14, 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
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.