Sixteen Complex
The Sixteen Complex burned 17,944 acres in Colusa County, California, in 2012. It was discovered on September 4, 2012, and contained on September 10, 2012. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 17,944 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2012
- Contained
- September 10, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,177 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.944, -122.344.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,944 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,177 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,942 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2012, 3:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- County
- Colusa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CALNU
- Part of
- Sixteen Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-CACND-007072
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3893112233020120904
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-651370
- Perimeter records
- 3 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 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 |
| Reading Fire | 28,079 | Jul 23, 2012 | Natural |
| Ponderosa Fire | 27,676 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Fort Complex | 22,283 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| 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.