Grande Ronde Fire
The Grande Ronde Fire burned 1,167 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 2013. It was discovered on August 29, 2013, and contained on October 25, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,167 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2013
- Contained
- October 25, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,341 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.038, -117.091.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,167 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,341 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Asotin County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4604511708320130829
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013WADNR140
- Note on the perimeter
- Moderate burn severity in high biomass shrub and evergreen areas.
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 |
| Dead Canyon Fire | 3,280 | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| 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 |
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.