Robinson Spring Fire
The Robinson Spring Fire burned 10,706 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on September 15, 1992, and contained on September 22, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,706 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 1992
- Contained
- September 22, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,761 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.260, -120.968.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,706 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,761 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,882 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 1992, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Fremont-Winema National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4229912088619920915
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-270846
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.