How long did the Saddle fire last?

It burned between 13 June 2016 and 13 June 2016: 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 958 hectares (9.6 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.

Which counties burned?

The fire only entered Washington (954 ha, 0.2 %).

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 33.0 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 85 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 64, class Extreme.

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.

US · United States · 2016-06-13 → 2016-06-13

Saddle Fire, June 2016 Washington

Out · last measured on 13 Jun 2016

The fire started on 13 June 2016 in Washington, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 958 hectares, spread across a single county.

It is the 109th largest in Utah since 2016 (of 165 with a page). Number 277 in United States in 2016, of 475.

Burnt area: 958ha; official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration: 1day; 13 Jun 2016 – 13 Jun 2016
Municipalities hit: 1; counties
Started on: 13 Jun; 2016
Heat detections: 326; in a single hotspot: 189 MW
Danger at start: 30; High · FWI index

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 13 Jun13 Jun

The weather it burned in

33°high

85km/h · peak gust

5%lowest humidity

It had gone one day without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

Washington where it started

954 ha reached on 16 Jun

0.2 %

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)
13 Jun	20.2 °C	15 %	49 km/h	0.7 mm	High 30
14 Jun after	23.2 °C	11 %	63 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
15 Jun after	22.7 °C	8 %	85 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
16 Jun after	22.3 °C	9 %	64 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 51
17 Jun after	24.2 °C	10 %	64 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
18 Jun after	26.7 °C	6 %	58 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
19 Jun after	30.8 °C	8 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
20 Jun after	33.0 °C	6 %	51 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 55
21 Jun after	32.1 °C	6 %	52 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 61
22 Jun after	30.5 °C	8 %	57 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 61
23 Jun after	30.1 °C	7 %	52 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 59
24 Jun after	29.2 °C	6 %	53 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
25 Jun after	28.6 °C	7 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 62
26 Jun after	31.1 °C	5 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 49
27 Jun after	31.8 °C	5 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
28 Jun after	28.7 °C	14 %	42 km/h	0.2 mm	Extreme 50
29 Jun after	29.0 °C	11 %	46 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 64
30 Jun after	25.1 °C	17 %	41 km/h	7.8 mm	Low 8
1 Jul after	22.8 °C	34 %	38 km/h	12.5 mm	Very low 2
2 Jul after	19.7 °C	53 %	32 km/h	8.6 mm	Very low 0
3 Jul after	23.7 °C	26 %	42 km/h	0.2 mm	Low 6
4 Jul after	25.5 °C	20 %	47 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 20
5 Jul after	26.3 °C	11 %	62 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
6 Jul after	25.4 °C	9 %	59 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
7 Jul after	26.5 °C	9 %	54 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
8 Jul after	26.8 °C	9 %	64 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 43
9 Jul after	26.9 °C	8 %	68 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
10 Jul after	25.6 °C	12 %	63 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
11 Jul after	25.7 °C	8 %	52 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
12 Jul after	27.4 °C	7 %	56 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
13 Jul after	28.8 °C	6 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 41
14 Jul after	30.5 °C	5 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
15 Jul after	30.1 °C	6 %	55 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 55
16 Jul after	28.2 °C	6 %	67 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 62
17 Jul after	27.9 °C	10 %	75 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 66
18 Jul after	26.7 °C	16 %	58 km/h	0.1 mm	Extreme 52
19 Jul after	27.3 °C	12 %	56 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
20 Jul after	27.9 °C	15 %	52 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50

Before and after, from space

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Before · 6 Jun 2016

After · 20 Jun 2016

Before After

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Detections table · 326Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

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Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Saddle fire last?: It burned between 13 June 2016 and 13 June 2016: 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 958 hectares (9.6 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?: The fire only entered Washington (954 ha, 0.2 %).
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 33.0 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 85 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 64, class Extreme.
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

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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.

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