Home Cr Fire
The Home Cr Fire burned 1,595 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on August 14, 1992, and contained on August 16, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,595 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1992
- Contained
- August 16, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,768 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.517, -118.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,595 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,768 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1992, 3:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Burns District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4251911896919920814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-40411
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 |
| Alvord Fire | 7,139 | Jun 28, 1992 | Human |
| 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 |
| Horse Butte Fire | 1,580 | Aug 5, 1992 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.