Talk:Sawmill Fire (2017)

Nice...but...
Good, interesting article; nicely done. Just one thing, and it may be me being obtuse or unobservant, would it be possible to indicate (perhaps on the infobox map) where the fire started and which way it spread. I've looked, tried to work it out, but as far as i have seen there isn't even a wind direction linked with its reported speed, which would at least give an idea of how it spread. I've tried to visualise it from the place names mentioned, but several aren't on the map, and i can't get the spread clear in my mind. It is a small point, but one which would, i think, improve the article. Happy days ~ LindsayHello 10:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Agree. As the author of the article, I can tell you that it generally spread (and rather rapidly) from west to east. Were someone to be kind and knowledgeable enough to fashion a map, I'd ask for it to be a .gif and update every eight to twelve hours or so. I was lucky to have the one in-progress map of the fire (pulled it from a government PDF). – ♠Vamí _IV†♠  11:05, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Pretty sure that there's a place to request maps; i'll scout around and see if i can remember where i've seen it in the past. BTW, i love that in a lower section  don't know why it was given the name; funny witness to our varying depth of knowledge and reliance on sources. Happy days ~ LindsayHello 08:12, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * One can request a map here, though it looks a bit complicated for a non-tech editor such as myself. Or, it seems, it is possible to use a template ~  ~ on this page to do so. Either way, we'd need to know just where on the present map it started, i think. Happy days ~ LindsayHello 10:36, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Precision
Currently, the first line says "46,991 acres (190 km2)". Infobox even says "46991 acre". Obviously that exact acre number is from source 28, but still: overly precise. Theis article also has five-digit precision elsewhere.

In general, as the TFA-blurb does, this precision is either not in place, or not even correct (how measured?). I propose to change into 3, so 47000 acre. Also, common units like ha and sqmi do not require a link. (off then) DePiep (talk) 13:32, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Etymology
Great article, very interesting (and amusing) read. But I'm left with one question, why is it called the "Sawmill Fire"? cityuser (talk) 20:15, 24 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I have absolutely no clue. InciWeb nor any of the news sources I consulted had anything to say on the matter. – ♠Vamí _IV†♠  23:55, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Not that it's easily citable, but I was curious about this. Lifting the coordinates (which usually are the same as the initial dispatch location, i.e close to the ignition point) from InciWeb and checking them on Google Maps indicates that the fire started in West Sawmill Canyon. Penitentes (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Huh. Figures. It's a shame no RS noted this, at least as far as I'm aware. Maybe Bill Gabbert did? – ♠Vamí _IV†♠  08:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Land ownership
National Forests and National Grasslands are US Government Property. They are administered by USDA Forest Service. 76.190.164.162 (talk) 23:26, 14 November 2023 (UTC)