Wildfires of 1995

Mill Cr. Pnf 848 Fire

1995OregonWildfire

The Mill Cr. Pnf 848 Fire burned 1,231 acres in Oregon, in 1995. It was discovered on September 17, 1995, and contained on October 30, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,231 acres
Discovered
September 17, 1995
Contained
October 30, 1995
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,434 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.456, -120.515.

The record

Reported final size
1,231 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,434 acres
Discovered
September 17, 1995, 6:38 a.m. local time
Contained
October 30, 1995, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Ochoco National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OR4445712051919950917
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-307615

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

FireAcresStartCause
Battle Cr Fire17,029
Indian Fort Fire15,210Jul 28, 1995Natural
Cinder Butte Fire5,750Aug 31, 1995Human
Crawfish Fire2,714
Iron Mtn Fire2,439Sep 16, 1995Natural
Pine Mtn Fire1,200Sep 4, 1995Human
Owen Fire1,176Sep 16, 1995Natural
Pine Cr Fire1,025Sep 15, 1995Natural
Switchback Fire1,008Jul 28, 1995Natural
Mahog Gap Fire1,000Sep 18, 1995Human

Every fire of 1995 Oregon fire history

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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.