Mccorkle Fire
The Mccorkle Fire burned 1,276 acres in Oregon, in 1998. It was discovered on August 14, 1998, and contained on August 16, 1998. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 1,276 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1998
- Contained
- August 16, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,310 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.906, -121.409.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,276 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,310 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1998, 5:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 1998, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Warm Springs Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4489712137519980814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447393
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Buttes Fire | 28,536 | ||
| Skull Creek Fire | 22,000 | Aug 8, 1998 | Human |
| Butte Fire | 15,000 | Aug 8, 1998 | Human |
| South Tub Mt Fire | 6,416 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Bear Creek Fire | 3,345 | Aug 15, 1998 | |
| Blitzen Fire | 2,978 | Aug 19, 1998 | Natural |
| Low Creek Fire | 2,600 | Sep 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Marsh Complex | 2,565 | Oct 21, 1998 | |
| Tub Mtn Fire | 2,422 | Aug 6, 1998 | Natural |
| Raz Lewis Fire | 2,349 | Jul 22, 1998 | Natural |
| Rowena Fire | 2,208 | Aug 9, 1998 | Human |
| Bonita Fire | 2,198 | Aug 14, 1998 | Natural |
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. 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.