Plath Road Fire
The Plath Road Fire burned 1,070 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on June 15, 2011, and contained on June 16, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,070 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2011
- Contained
- June 16, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,070 acres, mapped by other. Point of origin as reported, 46.505, -120.398.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,070 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,070 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 16, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Washington
- County
- Yakima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WASPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-WASPD-000144
- Fire occurrence record
- W-632572
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 |
| Big Hump Fire | 1,243 | Sep 1, 2011 | Human |
| Washington Flats Fire | 1,100 | Aug 21, 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.