Cascade Creek Fire
The Cascade Creek Fire burned 20,296 acres in Skamania County, Washington, in 2012. It was discovered on September 9, 2012, and contained on October 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 20,296 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2012
- Contained
- October 25, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,642 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.136, -121.551.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,296 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 20,642 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,099 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2012, 7:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Skamania County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WAGPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WAGPF-000563
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4612512155020120909
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1509998
- Perimeter records
- 2 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Buffalo Lake Road Fire | 11,299 | Aug 14, 2012 | Natural |
| 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.