Rim Fire
The Rim Fire burned 255,858 acres in Tuolumne County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on August 17, 2013, and contained on October 24, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 255,858 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2013
- Contained
- October 24, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 257,334 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.861, -120.083.
The record
- Reported final size
- 255,858 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 257,334 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 256,916 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2013, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Tuolumne County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- CASTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CACND-002857
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3785712008620130817
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519215
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.