Skeleton-Evans West (Skeleton) Fire
The Skeleton-Evans West (Skeleton) Fire burned 17,739 acres in Oregon, in 1996. It was discovered on August 23, 1996, and contained on August 23, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 17,739 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1996
- Contained
- August 23, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,838 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.950, -121.151.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,739 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,838 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,794 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1996, 6:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 1996, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4393812114819960823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-19320
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simnasho Fire | 118,230 | Aug 10, 1996 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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.