Little Malheur Complex (Powder) Fire
The Little Malheur Complex (Powder) Fire burned 5,780 acres in Oregon, in 1994. It was discovered on August 28, 1994, and contained on September 3, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,780 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1994
- Contained
- September 3, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,898 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.123, -118.308.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,780 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,898 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,040 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1994, 7:10 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Malheur National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Part of
- Little Malheur Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4413711826919940828
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-297268
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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
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.