Horse Butte Fire
The Horse Butte Fire burned 1,580 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on August 5, 1992, and contained on August 8, 1992. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,580 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 1992
- Contained
- August 8, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,666 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.973, -121.221.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,666 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,629 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 1992, 1:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 1992, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Deschutes National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4394612121819920805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-270591
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| Home Cr Fire | 1,595 | Aug 14, 1992 | Natural |
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.