Wildfires of 2011

Keene Complex

2011CaliforniaWildfire

The Keene Complex burned 810 acres in California, in 2011. It was discovered on September 10, 2011, and contained on September 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
810 acres
Discovered
September 10, 2011
Contained
September 15, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,766 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.306, -118.539.

The record

Reported final size
810 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
8,766 acres
Discovered
September 10, 2011, 9:30 a.m. local time
Contained
September 15, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
California
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Central California District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Part of
Keene Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Caliente, Harper, Hart
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
CA3511811837820110910
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-628202

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 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Comanche Fire25,577Sep 10, 2011Natural
Breckenridge Complex25,213Sep 10, 2011Natural
Lion Fire20,500Jul 8, 2011Natural
Eagle Fire14,100Jul 21, 2011Human
Reed Fire5,900
John Fire5,353Sep 13, 2011Human
Motor Fire5,230Aug 25, 2011Human
Antelope Fire5,196Jun 19, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire5,050Sep 23, 2011
North Fire3,439
Quinn Fire3,147Jun 21, 2011
Canyon Fire3,128Sep 4, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 California fire history

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.