Prophecy Fire
The Prophecy Fire burned 1,854 acres in Oregon, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to August 24, 1988.
- Size
- 1,854 acres
- Ignition
- August 24, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,854 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.955, -121.979.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,854 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,758 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 24, 1988
- State
- Oregon
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORCLP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1988-ORCLP-000002
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4295512197819880824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Oregon in 198812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teepee Butte Fire | 59,518 | Aug 25, 1988 | |
| Paulina Fire | 13,410 | Aug 4, 1988 | |
| Troy Fire | 8,334 | Aug 25, 1988 | |
| Fire 88771081 | 5,170 | Sep 12, 1988 | |
| South Hart Fire | 2,807 | Mar 14, 1988 | |
| Shady Beach Fire | 2,686 | Sep 12, 1988 | |
| Walker Mtn Fire | 2,300 | Aug 23, 1988 | |
| Glass B Fire | 2,115 | Sep 7, 1988 | |
| Pleasnt Cr Fire | 1,864 | Aug 23, 1988 | |
| Shirttail Fire | 1,809 | Aug 29, 1988 | |
| Limekilm Fire | 1,658 | ||
| Mvd Priday Fire | 1,342 | Aug 23, 1988 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.