Wildfires of 1992

Ludi2 Fire

1992OregonWildfire

The Ludi2 Fire burned 1,200 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on August 14, 1992, and contained on December 31, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
August 14, 1992
Contained
December 31, 1992
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 43.483, -120.784.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
569 acres
Discovered
August 14, 1992, 7:26 a.m. local time
Contained
December 31, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Lakeview District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORLAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-40654
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 199212

FireAcresStartCause
Lone Pine Fire30,809Aug 2, 1992Human
Robinson Spring Fire10,706Sep 15, 1992Natural
East Evans Fire10,135Aug 3, 1992Human
Chicken Sp Fire9,980Jul 18, 1992Natural
Alvord Fire7,139Jun 28, 1992Human
Fort Spring Fire3,206Aug 19, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire3,086Aug 3, 1992
Tablerock Fire2,845Jul 19, 1992Natural
Home Cr Fire2,068
Buckhollow Fire2,000Jul 18, 1992Natural
Mahogney M Fire1,824Sep 11, 1992Natural
Home Cr Fire1,595Aug 14, 1992Natural

Every fire of 1992 Oregon fire history

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. 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.