Soda Fire
The Soda Fire burned 1,528 acres in San Luis Obispo County, California, in 2011. It was discovered on September 3, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,528 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,534 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.351, -120.005.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,528 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,534 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2011, 2:56 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- Reporting unit
- San Luis Obispo Unit
- Agency
- CAL FIRE
- Unit
- CASLU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011CACDFSLU007086
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 | ||
| Quinn Fire | 3,147 | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| Canyon Fire | 3,128 | Sep 4, 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.