North Canal Fire
The North Canal Fire burned 2,255 acres in Oregon, in 1997. It was discovered on June 17, 1997, and contained on June 20, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,255 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1997
- Contained
- June 20, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,032 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.959, -117.486.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,255 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,032 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,257 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1997, 8:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 1997, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vale District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4396411749419970617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-12757
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 19977
| 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 |
| 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
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.