Swede Fire
The Swede Fire burned 1,251 acres in Oregon, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to August 31, 1998.
- Size
- 1,251 acres
- Ignition
- August 31, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,251 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.556, -119.604.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,251 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 31, 1998
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4255611960419980831
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 17 std.
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. 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.