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Yakima fire, June 2017 Kittitas, Yakima

Out · last measured on 30 Jun 2017

The fire started on 30 June 2017 in Yakima, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 6,507 hectares, spread across 2 counties.

It is the 57th largest in Washington since 2016 (of 285 with a page). Number 123 in United States in 2017, of 619.

Burnt area
6,507ha
official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration
1day
30 Jun 2017 – 30 Jun 2017
Municipalities hit
2
counties
Started on
30 Jun
2017
Heat detections
39
in a single hotspot: 14 MW
Danger at start
42
Very high · FWI index

Where it burned

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 30 Jun30 Jun

The weather it burned in

36°high
55km/h · peak gust
2%lowest humidity

It had gone 6 days 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

  1. Kittitas
    3,861 ha reached on 26 Jun
    0.6 %
  2. Yakima where it started
    2,618 ha reached on 23 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)
23 Jun 29.2 °C 3 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
24 Jun 33.0 °C 2 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
25 Jun 35.8 °C 2 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 50
26 Jun 32.7 °C 9 % 51 km/h 0.9 mm Extreme 57
27 Jun 28.3 °C 12 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 56
28 Jun 26.1 °C 22 % 55 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 54
29 Jun 28.4 °C 18 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
30 Jun 30.9 °C 11 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
1 Jul after 30.1 °C 22 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
2 Jul after 31.5 °C 18 % 54 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 56
3 Jul after 29.9 °C 12 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
4 Jul after 32.7 °C 8 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
5 Jul after 35.8 °C 7 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
6 Jul after 36.7 °C 6 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 53
7 Jul after 35.2 °C 13 % 55 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 68
8 Jul after 34.7 °C 6 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 59
9 Jul after 32.2 °C 18 % 56 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 65
10 Jul after 27.4 °C 23 % 54 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 58
11 Jul after 29.7 °C 17 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
12 Jul after 31.5 °C 15 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
13 Jul after 30.9 °C 16 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
14 Jul after 33.7 °C 9 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 23 Jun 2017
After · 7 Jul 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 · 39Every 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 Yakima fire last?
It burned between 30 June 2017 and 30 June 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 6,507 hectares (65.1 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?
The fire entered 2 counties: Kittitas (3,861 ha, 0.6 %); Yakima (2,618 ha, 0.2 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 35.8 °C, humidity dropped to 2 % and gusts hit 55 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 57, 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

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

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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.