Weissenfels Ridge Fire
The Weissenfels Ridge Fire burned 2,494 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 2012. It was discovered on August 2, 2012, and contained on August 4, 2012.
- Size
- 2,494 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2012
- Contained
- August 4, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,518 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.189, -117.006.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,494 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,518 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2012, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 4, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Asotin County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4618911700520120802
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2012-WA-WFS-203
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
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.