Pokii Ridge Fire
The Pokii Ridge Fire burned 3,000 acres in Kauai County, Hawaii, in 2012. It was discovered on August 16, 2012.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,028 acres. Point of origin as reported, 21.933, -159.717.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,028 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2012, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Hawaii
- County
- Kauai County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- County of Hawai'i
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- HI2193315971620120816
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2012_HI-CNTY-KI-12-0003
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 Hawaii in 20122
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pta Training Area 22 Fire | 1,000 | Nov 15, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Jun 3, 2012 |
Nearby
Sources
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.