Walker Creek Fire
The Walker Creek Fire burned 1,280 acres in Oregon, in 1992. It was discovered on September 22, 1992, and contained on September 29, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 1992
- Contained
- September 29, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,390 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.233, -122.618.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,280 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,390 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 1992, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 29, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Medford District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4223312261819920922
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-40803
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.