Wildfires of 1995

St Corral Prescribed Fire

1995OregonPrescribed 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

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
Mill Cr. Pnf 848 Fire1,231Sep 17, 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

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.