Big Hump Fire
The Big Hump Fire burned 1,243 acres in Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on September 1, 2011, and contained on October 27, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to August 31, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,243 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2011
- Contained
- October 27, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,400 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.693, -123.109.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,243 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,400 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,243 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2011, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 31, 2011
- Contained
- October 27, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Olympic National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAOLF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4769312310920110831
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1500358
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- 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 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 |
| Bell Plain Complex | 4,002 | Aug 28, 2011 | Natural |
| 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 |
| 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. 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.