Simnasho Fire
The Simnasho Fire burned 118,230 acres in Oregon, in 1996. It was discovered on August 10, 1996, and contained on September 19, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 118,230 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 1996
- Contained
- September 19, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 118,426 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.983, -121.351.
The record
- Reported final size
- 118,230 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 118,426 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 121,961 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 1996, 4:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 19, 1996, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Warm Springs Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4487312131019960810
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447079
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnybrook Fire | 100,591 | ||
| Bogus Creek Fire | 57,160 | Jul 30, 1996 | Natural |
| Salt Complex (Salt Creek) Fire | 52,600 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| Tower Fire | 50,633 | Aug 14, 1996 | Natural |
| Bull Complex (Summit) Fire | 37,835 | Aug 13, 1996 | Natural |
| Cow Hollow Complex (Cow Hollow) Fire | 31,295 | Aug 12, 1996 | Natural |
| Wheeler Point Fire | 22,000 | Aug 10, 1996 | Human |
| Skeleton-Evans West (Skeleton) Fire | 17,739 | Aug 23, 1996 | Natural |
| 2 Horse Fire | 17,378 | ||
| Spring Fire | 16,358 | Aug 13, 1996 | Natural |
| Hat Butte Fire | 13,087 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Rocky Ford Fire | 10,987 | Jul 30, 1996 | Natural |
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.