Mckay Butte Fire
The Mckay Butte Fire burned 1,138 acres in Oregon, in 1998. It was discovered on September 2, 1998, and contained on September 8, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,138 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1998
- Contained
- September 8, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,060 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.729, -121.361.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,138 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,060 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,151 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1998, 1:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 8, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Deschutes National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4370412137119980902
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-336435
- 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 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
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.