First Creek Fire
The First Creek Fire burned 3,220 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 1994. It was discovered on July 9, 1994, and contained on July 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,220 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1994
- Contained
- July 15, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,706 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.739, -119.666.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,220 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,706 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1994
- Contained
- July 15, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4473111968419940709
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-8544
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swamp Creek Fire | 44,140 | Aug 2, 1994 | Natural |
| Leclaire Fire | 33,490 | Jul 25, 1994 | Human |
| Twin Lakes Fire | 22,330 | Aug 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Twin Lakes Fire | 21,975 | ||
| Thirtymile Fire | 13,800 | Aug 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Boundary Fire | 11,081 | Aug 10, 1994 | Natural |
| Smithcanyn Fire | 10,400 | Jul 9, 1994 | Natural |
| Little Malheur Fire | 10,325 | ||
| Little Malheur Complex (Ironside) Fire | 10,317 | Aug 28, 1994 | Natural |
| East Evans Fire | 10,141 | ||
| Littlferry Fire | 10,050 | Jul 26, 1994 | Natural |
| Ferrycanyn Fire | 9,006 | Jun 25, 1994 | Human |
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.