St Corral Prescribed Fire
The St Corral Prescribed Fire burned 2,000 acres in Oregon, in 1995. It was discovered on March 30, 1995, and contained on April 3, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1995
- Contained
- April 3, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,819 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.083, -118.867.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,819 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1995, 12:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 1995, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4309911887219950330
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1995ORMAR1016
- Note on the perimeter
- Some flooding in post scene.
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 199511
| 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 |
| Mahog Gap Fire | 1,000 | Sep 18, 1995 | 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.