Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 900 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on August 20, 1992, and contained on August 22, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992
- Contained
- August 22, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,086 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.405, -116.628.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,086 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4541211663119920820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-273384
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
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.