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User:RobLa/Range 12 Fire

Coordinates: 46°26′28″N 119°43′26″W / 46.441°N 119.724°W / 46.441; -119.724
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Range 12 fire
Date(s)July 31, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-31)
LocationBenton County and Yakima County, Washington
Coordinates46°26′28″N 119°43′26″W / 46.441°N 119.724°W / 46.441; -119.724
Statistics
Burned area128,272 acres (51,910 ha)
Impacts
DamageUnknown
Map
RobLa/Range 12 Fire is located in Washington (state)
RobLa/Range 12 Fire
Location of fire in Washington

The Range 12 Fire was started on July 31, 2016 in eastern Washington.[1] It quickly grew to over 177,000 acres (72,000 ha) to cover parts of Benton county, Yakima county, and Grant county (forcing some residents of the city of Prosser to evacuate their homes) before the fire was contained in early August.[2] The fire was the third in recent years to affect the area surrounding the Hanford Reach National Monument and the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve, but was contained through the use of controlled burns.[3]

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Other sources

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  • Remote Sensing (journal)
    • Ba, Rui; Song, Weiguo; Li, Xiaolian; Xie, Zixi; Lo, Siuming (2019-02-06). "Integration of Multiple Spectral Indices and a Neural Network for Burned Area Mapping Based on MODIS Data". Remote Sensing. 11 (3): 326. doi:10.3390/rs11030326. ISSN 2072-4292.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • University of Washington
  • Vice (magazine)
  • Newsweek
  • KIMA-TVYakima, Washington
  • KEPR-TV
  • Tri-Cities Herald
    • "$15M lawsuit filed over wildfire that threatened Hanford". Tri-Cities Herald. January 26, 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
    • Story about the lawsuit filed a couple of years after the fire.
    • Quoting the article: "The late July day was hot, dry and windy. But the training with live ammunition at the Yakima Training Center went ahead as usual. A gunner fired at a target and the burst of ammunition ricocheted onto the ridge line, sparking a fire that spread across 275 square miles and threatened the Hanford nuclear reservation, according to a lawsuit filed this week in federal court. Lower Yakima Valley cattle ranchers are suing the Department of Defense for nearly $15 million for damage to their land and livelihood. They say the U.S. Army acted recklessly in allowing training exercises to proceed on July 30, 2016, the day the Range 12 Fire started, despite a red flag fire warning." (see also: Yakima Training Center)
  • Justia


References

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  1. ^ Cary, Annette (July 31, 2016). "Fires burn across Eastern Washington, some Prosser-area residents evacuated". Tri-Cities Herald.
  2. ^ Cary, Annette (August 3, 2016). "Range 12 fire 90% contained, 176,600 acres of Yakima, Benton counties scorched". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved August 23, 2016. Residents were told to evacuate their homes west of Prosser in the area of Ward Gap and Richards Roads early Sunday evening.
  3. ^ Cary, Annette (August 6, 2016). "Time needed for ravaged Hanford monument ecosystem to recover from third fire". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved August 23, 2016.