Butler Fire
The Butler Fire burned 22,445 acres in Siskiyou County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on July 31, 2013, and contained on October 30, 2013. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 22,445 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2013
- Contained
- October 30, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 24,042 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.328, -123.379.
The record
- Reported final size
- 22,445 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 24,042 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 22,445 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2013, 8:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 30, 2013, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- County
- Siskiyou County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Six Rivers National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASRF
- Part of
- Forks Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4133312337620130731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1514955
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rim Fire | 255,858 | Aug 17, 2013 | Human |
| Powerhouse Fire | 30,274 | May 30, 2013 | Human |
| Mountain Fire | 27,531 | Jul 15, 2013 | Human |
| American Fire | 27,440 | Aug 10, 2013 | Human |
| Springs Fire | 24,238 | May 2, 2013 | Human |
| Aspen Fire | 22,992 | Jul 22, 2013 | Natural |
| Silver Fire | 20,292 | Aug 7, 2013 | Human |
| Corral Complex | 12,531 | Aug 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Salmon River Complex | 12,365 | Jul 31, 2013 | Human |
| Deer Fire | 11,429 | Aug 23, 2013 | Human |
| Clover Fire | 8,056 | Sep 9, 2013 | Human |
| Chariot Fire | 7,056 | Jul 6, 2013 | Human |
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.