Grand Fire
The Grand Fire burned 4,346 acres in Kern County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on May 15, 2013, and contained on May 21, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,346 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2013
- Contained
- May 21, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,526 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.819, -118.911.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,346 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,526 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,345 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2013, 12:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Kern County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Los Padres National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAKRN
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3481811891020130515
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1512815
- Note on the perimeter
- USFS # 000128 Kern Co #1315573
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.