Mersan Fire
The Mersan Fire burned 1,080 acres in California, in 2010. MTBS dates its ignition to October 20, 2010.
- Size
- 1,080 acres
- Ignition
- October 20, 2010
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,080 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.252, -120.754.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,080 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 20, 2010
- State
- California
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3725212075420101020
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 40 std.
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 |
| Aliso Fire | 3,225 | Jul 13, 2010 | Human |
| 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 |
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. 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.