Spanish Castle Fire
The Spanish Castle Fire burned 2,470 acres in Grant County, Washington, in 2010. It was discovered on July 4, 2010, and contained on July 5, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,470 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2010
- Contained
- July 5, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,802 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.236, -120.051.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,470 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,802 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2010, 3:32 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 5, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Grant County
- Reporting unit
- Grant County Fire Districts
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4724112005620100704
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_WA-GNRN-101
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 | |
| 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 |
| 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.