Jojo Fire
The Jojo Fire burned 4,243 acres in Washington, in 2013. It was discovered on August 11, 2013, and contained on August 18, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,243 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2013
- Contained
- August 18, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.120, -120.289.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,243 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,243 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2013, 9:44 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Yakama Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4611812034420130811
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-662083
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.