Thomason Complex
The Thomason Complex burned 5,700 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
- 5,700 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1994
- Contained
- September 3, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,429 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.698, -117.035.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,429 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1994, 6:00 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
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Thomason Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Vance
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4569811696719940828
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-298342
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.