Owen Fire
The Owen Fire burned 1,176 acres in Oregon, in 1995. It was discovered on September 16, 1995, and contained on September 21, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,176 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995
- Contained
- September 21, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,123 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.365, -120.816.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,176 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,123 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,177 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 21, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Fremont-Winema National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4237412080719950916
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-307292
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| Pine Cr Fire | 1,025 | Sep 15, 1995 | Natural |
| Switchback Fire | 1,008 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
| Mahog Gap Fire | 1,000 | Sep 18, 1995 | 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.