Washington Flats Fire
The Washington Flats Fire burned 1,100 acres in Douglas County, Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on August 21, 2011, and contained on August 23, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2011
- Contained
- August 23, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.986, -119.001.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,243 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,139 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WASPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-WASPD-000588
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4799211896720110821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-632655
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 |
| Plath Road Fire | 1,070 | Jun 15, 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. 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.