Reading Fire
The Reading Fire burned 28,079 acres in California, in 2012. It was discovered on July 23, 2012, and contained on October 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 28,079 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2012
- Contained
- October 23, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,861 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.495, -121.454.
The record
- Reported final size
- 28,079 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,861 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 28,073 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2012, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 23, 2012, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- CALNP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-CALNP-003115
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4049312045120120723
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-648436
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 California in 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Fire | 315,579 | Aug 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Chips Fire | 75,431 | Jul 29, 2012 | Human |
| Lost Fire | 61,298 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Bagley Fire | 46,011 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| North Pass Fire | 41,983 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Mill Fire | 29,502 | Jul 7, 2012 | Human |
| Ponderosa Fire | 27,676 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Fort Complex | 22,283 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Sixteen Complex | 17,944 | Sep 4, 2012 | Human |
| Indian Fire | 12,575 | Aug 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Wilson Fire | 12,043 | Aug 13, 2012 | |
| Jawbone Complex | 12,018 | Aug 10, 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. 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.