Motor Fire
The Motor Fire burned 5,230 acres in California, in 2011. It was discovered on August 25, 2011, and contained on September 10, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,230 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011
- Contained
- September 10, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,320 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.663, -119.871.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,230 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,320 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,230 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011, 12:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2011, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Sierra National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASQF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3766311987120110825
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1499050
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Fire | 25,577 | Sep 10, 2011 | Natural |
| Breckenridge Complex | 25,213 | Sep 10, 2011 | Natural |
| Lion Fire | 20,500 | Jul 8, 2011 | Natural |
| Eagle Fire | 14,100 | Jul 21, 2011 | Human |
| Reed Fire | 5,900 | ||
| John Fire | 5,353 | Sep 13, 2011 | Human |
| Antelope Fire | 5,196 | Jun 19, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,050 | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| North Fire | 3,439 | ||
| Quinn Fire | 3,147 | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| Canyon Fire | 3,128 | Sep 4, 2011 | Human |
| Indian Fire | 3,069 |
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.