Switchback Fire
The Switchback Fire burned 1,008 acres in Oregon, in 1995. It was discovered on July 28, 1995, and contained on July 31, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,008 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1995
- Contained
- July 31, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,029 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.412, -121.542.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,008 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,029 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1995, 12:26 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 31, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Fremont-Winema National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4243112153319950728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-308231
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 |
| 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.