Chariot Fire
The Chariot Fire burned 7,056 acres in San Diego County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on July 6, 2013, and contained on July 15, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 7,056 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2013
- Contained
- July 15, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.967, -116.457.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,056 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,243 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,085 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2013, 12:56 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2013, 1:53 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- San Diego County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAMVU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CACDD-014084
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3305611654820130706
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-657577
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- USFS # 000042
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 |
| Butler Fire | 22,445 | Jul 31, 2013 | Human |
| 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 |
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.