Red Point Fire
The Red Point Fire burned 4,889 acres in Oregon, in 1994. It was discovered on July 22, 1994, and contained on July 25, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,889 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1994
- Contained
- July 25, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,849 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.078, -118.594.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,889 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,849 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,670 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1994, 2:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 1994, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Burns District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORBUD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4209011862019940722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-30534
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.