Buffalo Lake Road Fire
The Buffalo Lake Road Fire burned 11,299 acres in Washington, in 2012. It was discovered on August 14, 2012, and contained on August 24, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,299 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2012
- Contained
- August 24, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,260 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.021, -118.905.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,299 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,260 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,303 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2012, 8:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 2012, 2:28 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Colville Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WACOA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4801011889620120814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-649642
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain Complex | 43,874 | Sep 15, 2012 | Natural |
| Taylor Bridge Fire | 23,500 | Aug 13, 2012 | Human |
| Apache Pass Fire | 23,324 | Sep 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Cascade Creek Fire | 20,296 | Sep 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Peavine Fire | 20,000 | ||
| Barker Canyon Complex | 17,049 | Sep 8, 2012 | Natural |
| St Marys Mission Road Fire | 16,853 | Oct 2, 2012 | Human |
| Barker Canyon Fire | 15,798 | ||
| Byrd Fire | 14,164 | Sep 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Crane Road Fire | 12,500 | Aug 1, 2012 | Human |
| Canyon Fire | 7,548 | Sep 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Goat Fire | 7,378 | Sep 15, 2012 | 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.