Mahog Gap Fire
The Mahog Gap Fire burned 1,000 acres in Oregon, in 1995. It was discovered on September 18, 1995, and contained on September 20, 1995. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 1995
- Contained
- September 20, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,160 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.202, -117.180.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,160 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,123 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 1995, 4:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 20, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vale District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4320011719319950918
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25022
- 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 199510
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Cr Fire | 17,029 | ||
| Indian Fort Fire | 15,210 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
| Cinder Butte Fire | 5,750 | Aug 31, 1995 | Human |
| Crawfish Fire | 2,714 | ||
| Iron Mtn Fire | 2,439 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Mill Cr. Pnf 848 Fire | 1,231 | Sep 17, 1995 | Natural |
| Pine Mtn Fire | 1,200 | Sep 4, 1995 | Human |
| Owen Fire | 1,176 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Pine Cr Fire | 1,025 | Sep 15, 1995 | Natural |
| Switchback Fire | 1,008 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
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.