Wishram II Fire
The Wishram II Fire burned 11,008 acres in Washington, in 2011. It was discovered on August 29, 2011, and contained on August 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 11,008 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2011
- Contained
- August 30, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,984 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.666, -121.011.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,008 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,984 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,108 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2011, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2011, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAWAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4566512100820110829
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1501800
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 6 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.