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Abney Fire, August 2017 Siskiyou, Jackson, Josephine

Out · last measured on 11 Aug 2017

The fire started on 11 August 2017 in Siskiyou, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 13,534 hectares, spread across 3 counties.

It is the 77th largest in California since 2016 (of 442 with a page). Number 59 in United States in 2017, of 619.

Burnt area
13,534ha
official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration
1day
11 Aug 2017 – 11 Aug 2017
Municipalities hit
3
counties
Started on
11 Aug
2017
Heat detections
2,355
in a single hotspot: 301 MW
Danger at start
18
Moderate · FWI index

Where it burned

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 11 Aug11 Aug

The weather it burned in

36°high
74km/h · peak gust
11%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 6.5 mm on 20 Oct.

This area had burned before

0% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 1 ha in 2016.

What happened to each town

  1. Siskiyou where it started
    12,886 ha reached on 13 Aug
    0.8 %
  2. Jackson
    533 ha reached on 13 Aug
    0.1 %
  3. Josephine
    209 ha reached on 4 Sept
    0.0 %

Burnt area inside each county, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
11 Aug 28.5 °C 29 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
12 Aug after 27.2 °C 28 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
13 Aug after 25.2 °C 37 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
14 Aug after 25.0 °C 19 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
15 Aug after 25.4 °C 18 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
16 Aug after 27.1 °C 21 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
17 Aug after 28.8 °C 19 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
18 Aug after 28.0 °C 19 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
19 Aug after 24.1 °C 30 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
20 Aug after 26.1 °C 23 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
21 Aug after 27.9 °C 24 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
22 Aug after 28.2 °C 28 % 38 km/h 0.4 mm High 31
23 Aug after 28.2 °C 24 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
24 Aug after 24.6 °C 39 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
25 Aug after 28.3 °C 30 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
26 Aug after 32.2 °C 14 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
27 Aug after 32.5 °C 13 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
28 Aug after 33.4 °C 14 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
29 Aug after 31.8 °C 17 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
30 Aug after 26.2 °C 21 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
31 Aug after 28.6 °C 19 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
1 Sept after 35.3 °C 11 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
2 Sept after 35.5 °C 13 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
3 Sept after 33.1 °C 15 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
4 Sept after 32.3 °C 17 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
5 Sept after 32.0 °C 23 % 26 km/h 0.1 mm Very high 38
6 Sept after 27.8 °C 43 % 32 km/h 8.2 mm Very low 4
7 Sept after 20.6 °C 67 % 31 km/h 13.9 mm Very low 0
8 Sept after 22.3 °C 49 % 26 km/h 1.4 mm Very low 1
9 Sept after 25.4 °C 41 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
10 Sept after 26.4 °C 38 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 12
11 Sept after 31.0 °C 24 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
12 Sept after 25.8 °C 35 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
13 Sept after 25.4 °C 30 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
14 Sept after 18.8 °C 18 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
15 Sept after 20.4 °C 21 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
16 Sept after 20.7 °C 26 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
17 Sept after 19.1 °C 29 % 44 km/h 0.6 mm Moderate 20
18 Sept after 13.0 °C 51 % 55 km/h 5.1 mm Very low 2
19 Sept after 11.3 °C 70 % 44 km/h 5.4 mm Very low 0
20 Sept after 11.5 °C 65 % 55 km/h 8.6 mm Very low 0
21 Sept after 11.2 °C 42 % 33 km/h 0.8 mm Very low 0
22 Sept after 13.4 °C 41 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 2
23 Sept after 16.4 °C 36 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very low 4
24 Sept after 19.1 °C 31 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
25 Sept after 20.7 °C 35 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Low 10
26 Sept after 23.4 °C 32 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 12
27 Sept after 25.8 °C 19 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
28 Sept after 25.3 °C 23 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
29 Sept after 17.1 °C 54 % 24 km/h 1.9 mm Very low 2
30 Sept after 15.9 °C 39 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Low 6
1 Oct after 12.6 °C 44 % 51 km/h 0.0 mm Low 9
2 Oct after 10.9 °C 42 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm Low 10
3 Oct after 17.3 °C 21 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 15
4 Oct after 18.2 °C 20 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
5 Oct after 18.9 °C 21 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
6 Oct after 23.3 °C 18 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
7 Oct after 17.2 °C 32 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 19
8 Oct after 13.9 °C 32 % 58 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
9 Oct after 18.4 °C 14 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
10 Oct after 15.8 °C 20 % 47 km/h 0.3 mm High 24
11 Oct after 9.1 °C 50 % 47 km/h 1.5 mm Low 5
12 Oct after 11.4 °C 48 % 36 km/h 0.4 mm Low 7
13 Oct after 11.3 °C 48 % 46 km/h 0.1 mm Low 10
14 Oct after 16.2 °C 17 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
15 Oct after 20.5 °C 15 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
16 Oct after 22.1 °C 19 % 17 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
17 Oct after 22.3 °C 20 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
18 Oct after 20.5 °C 21 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
19 Oct after 13.6 °C 50 % 74 km/h 25.1 mm Very low 0
20 Oct after 6.5 °C 79 % 47 km/h 6.5 mm Very low 0

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 4 Aug 2017
After · 18 Aug 2017

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Detections table · 2,355Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
Date and timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Abney fire last?
It burned between 11 August 2017 and 11 August 2017: 1 day, according to the start date recorded by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) and the heat detections seen by satellite.
How much area did it burn?
The official perimeter published by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) is 13,534 hectares (135.3 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?
The fire entered 3 counties: Siskiyou (12,886 ha, 0.8 %); Jackson (533 ha, 0.1 %); Josephine (209 ha, 0.0 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 35.5 °C, humidity dropped to 11 % and gusts hit 74 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 48, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?
From the official burnt perimeter of United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC, public domain), NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of United States. It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 911

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter is official and in the public domain. For past years it comes from MTBS (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity), run by the U.S. Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service, which map it on Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery. For the current and last year it comes from WFIGS at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): incident perimeters mapped by fire crews, aircraft and imagery. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. County boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from official figures.