Morgan Fire
The Morgan Fire burned 3,100 acres in California, in 2013. It was discovered on September 8, 2013, and contained on September 8, 2013. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 3,100 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 2013
- Contained
- September 8, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,025 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.905, -121.874.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,025 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,108 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 2013, 1:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 8, 2013, 1:29 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Santa Clara Unit
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CASCU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3790512187420130908
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- 2013CAIRS22699936
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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.