Powerhouse Fire
The Powerhouse Fire burned 30,274 acres in Los Angeles County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on May 30, 2013, and contained on May 30, 2013. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 30,274 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2013
- Contained
- May 30, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 32,310 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.592, -118.455.
The record
- Reported final size
- 30,274 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 32,310 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 30,268 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2013, 3:28 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 30, 2013, 3:35 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Angeles National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAANF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CACDD-002297
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3459511843720130530
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1512400
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Chariot Fire | 7,056 | Jul 6, 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.