Quinn Fire
The Quinn Fire burned 3,147 acres in Kern County, California, in 2011. It was discovered on June 21, 2011, and contained on June 23, 2011.
- Size
- 3,147 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2011
- Contained
- June 23, 2011
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,255 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.752, -118.931.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,147 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,255 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,139 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2011, 12:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 23, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Kern County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kern County Fire Department
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAKRN
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3575211893120110621
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011-CA-KRN-018260
- Note on the perimeter
- alt inc # 18260
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 |
| Motor Fire | 5,230 | Aug 25, 2011 | Human |
| Antelope Fire | 5,196 | Jun 19, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,050 | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| North Fire | 3,439 | ||
| 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.