Wildfires of 1994

Tub Mountain Fire

1994OregonWildfire

The Tub Mountain Fire burned 1,000 acres in Oregon, in 1994. It was discovered on September 2, 1994, and contained on September 3, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
September 2, 1994
Contained
September 3, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.160, -117.199.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
925 acres
Discovered
September 2, 1994, 7:44 p.m. local time
Contained
September 3, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Vale District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORVAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-31130
Perimeter map method
Hand Sketch

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

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. 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.