Dead Canyon Fire
The Dead Canyon Fire burned 3,280 acres in Yakima County, Washington, in 2013. It was discovered on September 10, 2013, and contained on September 13, 2013.
- Size
- 3,280 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 2013
- Contained
- September 13, 2013
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,125 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.063, -120.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,280 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,125 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 2013, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 13, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Yakima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4603312001420130910
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013WAMCRHY76
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colockum Tarps Fire | 80,053 | Jul 27, 2013 | Human |
| Mile Marker 28 Fire | 26,093 | Jul 24, 2013 | Human |
| Desmarais Fire | 10,130 | Jun 7, 2013 | |
| Milepost 10 Fire | 5,541 | Aug 9, 2013 | Natural |
| Jojo Fire | 4,243 | Aug 11, 2013 | Natural |
| Mail Trail Fire | 2,450 | Jun 8, 2013 | Human |
| Manastash Ridge Fire | 2,352 | Aug 19, 2013 | Natural |
| 25 Mile Fire | 2,096 | Jul 4, 2013 | Human |
| Mile Marker 44 Fire | 1,819 | ||
| Moore Point Fire | 1,650 | Jul 28, 2013 | Natural |
| B and O Fire | 1,537 | Jul 15, 2013 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 1,476 | Aug 19, 2013 | Human |
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.