Mail Trail Fire
The Mail Trail Fire burned 2,450 acres in Asotin County, Washington, in 2013. It was discovered on June 8, 2013, and contained on August 16, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,450 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2013
- Contained
- August 16, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,595 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.079, -117.003.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,450 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,595 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2013, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 2013, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Washington
- County
- Asotin County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4606511698720130608
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013WADNR54
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 | |
| 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.