Alvord Fire
The Alvord Fire burned 7,139 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on June 28, 1992, and contained on June 29, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 7,139 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1992
- Contained
- June 29, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,486 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.583, -118.534.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,139 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,486 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,592 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1992, 2:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 29, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Burns District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORBUD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4261211851719920628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-40373
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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Fire | 30,809 | Aug 2, 1992 | Human |
| Robinson Spring Fire | 10,706 | Sep 15, 1992 | Natural |
| East Evans Fire | 10,135 | Aug 3, 1992 | Human |
| Chicken Sp Fire | 9,980 | Jul 18, 1992 | Natural |
| Fort Spring Fire | 3,206 | Aug 19, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,086 | Aug 3, 1992 | |
| Tablerock Fire | 2,845 | Jul 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Home Cr Fire | 2,068 | ||
| Buckhollow Fire | 2,000 | Jul 18, 1992 | Natural |
| Mahogney M Fire | 1,824 | Sep 11, 1992 | Natural |
| Home Cr Fire | 1,595 | Aug 14, 1992 | Natural |
| Horse Butte Fire | 1,580 | Aug 5, 1992 | Human |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.