Wildfires of 2011

Unnamed Fire

2011Yakima County, WashingtonWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 4,310 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on September 28, 2011, and contained on September 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
4,310 acres
Discovered
September 28, 2011
Contained
September 30, 2011
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 4,291 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.456, -119.989.

The record

Reported final size
4,310 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
4,291 acres
Discovered
September 28, 2011, 3:50 p.m. local time
Contained
September 30, 2011, 5:44 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
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-000875
Fire occurrence record
W-632673

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

FireAcresStartCause
Wishram II Fire11,008Aug 29, 2011Human
Vansycle Canyon Fire5,000Aug 7, 2011
Bell Plain Complex4,002Aug 28, 2011Natural
Monastery Complex3,626Sep 7, 2011Human
Road 29 Fire2,951Jul 25, 2011Human
Salmon Fire1,910Aug 29, 2011Human
Big Hump Fire1,243Sep 1, 2011Human
Washington Flats Fire1,100Aug 21, 2011Human
Plath Road Fire1,070Jun 15, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 Washington fire history

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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.