Bell Plain Complex
The Bell Plain Complex burned 4,002 acres in Garfield County, Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on August 28, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,002 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,953 acres, mapped by hand sketch. Point of origin as reported, 46.484, -117.496.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,002 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,953 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAWAS
- Part of
- Bell Plain Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011_WA-WFS-205
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
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 20119
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishram II Fire | 11,008 | Aug 29, 2011 | Human |
| Vansycle Canyon Fire | 5,000 | Aug 7, 2011 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,310 | Sep 28, 2011 | Human |
| Monastery Complex | 3,626 | Sep 7, 2011 | Human |
| Road 29 Fire | 2,951 | Jul 25, 2011 | Human |
| Salmon Fire | 1,910 | Aug 29, 2011 | Human |
| Big Hump Fire | 1,243 | Sep 1, 2011 | Human |
| Washington Flats Fire | 1,100 | Aug 21, 2011 | Human |
| Plath Road Fire | 1,070 | Jun 15, 2011 | Human |
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. 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.