Wildfires of 1994

Parrish Creek Fire

1994OregonWildfire

The Parrish Creek Fire burned 2,200 acres in Oregon, in 1994. It was discovered on July 26, 1994, and contained on July 28, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
2,200 acres
Discovered
July 26, 1994
Contained
July 28, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,252 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.750, -119.801.

The record

Reported final size
2,200 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,252 acres
Discovered
July 26, 1994, 11:27 a.m. local time
Contained
July 28, 1994, 7:53 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Prineville District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OR4475011980919940726
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-30896

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

FireAcresStartCause
Swamp Creek Fire44,140Aug 2, 1994Natural
Leclaire Fire33,490Jul 25, 1994Human
Twin Lakes Fire22,330Aug 28, 1994Natural
Twin Lakes Fire21,975
Thirtymile Fire13,800Aug 4, 1994Natural
Boundary Fire11,081Aug 10, 1994Natural
Smithcanyn Fire10,400Jul 9, 1994Natural
Little Malheur Fire10,325
Little Malheur Complex (Ironside) Fire10,317Aug 28, 1994Natural
East Evans Fire10,141
Littlferry Fire10,050Jul 26, 1994Natural
Ferrycanyn Fire9,006Jun 25, 1994Human

Every fire of 1994 Oregon fire history

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.