Mud Creek Prescribed Fire
The Mud Creek Prescribed Fire burned 1,594 acres in Oregon, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to September 28, 1997.
- Size
- 1,594 acres
- Ignition
- September 28, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,594 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.583, -118.749.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,594 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 28, 1997
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4258311874919970928
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Oregon in 19978
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek Fire | 4,717 | ||
| Cottonwood Fire | 4,715 | Aug 23, 1997 | Natural |
| Three Springs Fire | 3,206 | Aug 7, 1997 | Natural |
| North Canal Fire | 2,255 | Jun 17, 1997 | Natural |
| Cedar Mountain Fire | 1,609 | Jul 21, 1997 | Natural |
| Big Flat Fire | 1,186 | Nov 1, 1997 | |
| Mann Lake Fire | 1,140 | Aug 23, 1997 | Natural |
| Mile Post 248 Fire | 996 | Aug 13, 1997 | 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. 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.