Moore Point Fire
The Moore Point Fire burned 1,650 acres in Chelan County, Washington, in 2013. It was discovered on July 28, 2013, and contained on August 10, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,650 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2013
- Contained
- August 10, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,443 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.226, -120.601.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,443 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,538 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2013, 8:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Chelan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4822512060220130728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519011
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 | ||
| B and O Fire | 1,537 | Jul 15, 2013 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 1,476 | Aug 19, 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.