Milepost 31 Fire
The Milepost 31 Fire burned 1,141 acres in Washington, in 2012. It was discovered on June 13, 2012, and contained on June 17, 2012. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,141 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2012
- Contained
- June 17, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,128 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.822, -119.373.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,141 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,128 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2012
- Contained
- June 17, 2012
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WAWFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012GXW5
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 |
| Buffalo Lake Road Fire | 11,299 | Aug 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Canyon Fire | 7,548 | Sep 8, 2012 | Natural |
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. 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.