Wash Fire
The Wash Fire burned 946 acres in California, in 2010. It was discovered on May 15, 2010, and contained on May 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 946 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2010
- Contained
- May 15, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,039 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.113, -119.775.
The record
- Reported final size
- 946 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,039 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 947 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2010, 3:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 15, 2010, 8:23 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CABBD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-CACND-001133
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3511611978620100515
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-601617
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 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
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.