Wildfires of 1998

Marsh Complex

1998OregonOther fire

The Marsh Complex burned 2,565 acres in Oregon, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to October 21, 1998.

Size
2,565 acres
Ignition
October 21, 1998

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,565 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.962, -121.624.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,565 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
October 21, 1998
State
Oregon
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
OR4296212162419981021
MTBS assessment
Initial
Note on the perimeter
wetlands- smaller than reported acres

Other large fires in Oregon in 199812

FireAcresStartCause
The Buttes Fire28,536
Skull Creek Fire22,000Aug 8, 1998Human
Butte Fire15,000Aug 8, 1998Human
South Tub Mt Fire6,416Aug 7, 1998Natural
Bear Creek Fire3,345Aug 15, 1998
Blitzen Fire2,978Aug 19, 1998Natural
Low Creek Fire2,600Sep 7, 1998Natural
Tub Mtn Fire2,422Aug 6, 1998Natural
Raz Lewis Fire2,349Jul 22, 1998Natural
Rowena Fire2,208Aug 9, 1998Human
Bonita Fire2,198Aug 14, 1998Natural
Stockaid Fire2,056Jul 29, 1998Natural

Every fire of 1998 Oregon fire history

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.