Wildfires of 2010

Unnamed Fire

2010Orange County, CaliforniaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Orange County, California, in 2010. It was discovered on January 23, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
January 23, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.781, -118.027.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
January 23, 2010, 3:39 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
California
County
Orange County
Reporting unit
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2010-CACDFORC100070

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

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.