Wildhorse Fire
The Wildhorse Fire burned 1,898 acres in Oregon, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to July 26, 1989.
- Size
- 1,898 acres
- Ignition
- July 26, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,898 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.947, -117.500.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,898 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,436 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 26, 1989
- State
- Oregon
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4394711750019890726
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
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 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooley Mnt Fire | 19,474 | ||
| Dooley Mountain Fire | 18,735 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Canal Fire | 18,577 | Jul 27, 1989 | |
| Monument Rock Fire | 11,387 | Jul 28, 1989 | |
| Summit/Strip Fire | 9,927 | Jul 28, 1989 | |
| Little Baldy Mt Fire | 9,804 | Jul 27, 1989 | |
| Sheep Creek Fire | 5,269 | ||
| Tanner Gulch Fire | 4,413 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Summit Fire | 2,273 | ||
| Ennis Butte Fire | 1,462 | ||
| Lily Pad Fire | 1,393 | ||
| Spring Skyline Fire | 1,239 | Jul 7, 1989 |
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.