Miller Flat Fire
The Miller Flat Fire burned 1,066 acres in Oregon, in 1998. It was discovered on September 3, 1998, and contained on September 6, 1998. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,066 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 1998
- Contained
- September 6, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,202 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.800, -121.351.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,066 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,202 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 1998, 12:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 6, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- 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
- OR4479612134619980903
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447410
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.