Silver Fire
The Silver Fire burned 20,292 acres in Riverside County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on August 7, 2013, and contained on August 21, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 20,292 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013
- Contained
- August 21, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,846 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.857, -116.906.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,292 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 20,846 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,309 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013, 2:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 21, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Riverside County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CARRU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CACDD-079781
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3391811691120130807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-658650
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- USFS# 000081
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 |
| 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.