Austa Fire
The Austa Fire burned 243 acres in Lane County, Oregon, in 1999. It was discovered on September 28, 1999, and contained on October 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 243 acres
- Discovered
- September 28, 1999
- Contained
- October 3, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,524 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.009, -123.660.
The record
- Reported final size
- 243 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,524 acres
- Discovered
- September 28, 1999, 2:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 1999, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Lane County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest Oregon District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4401112367319990928
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-92733
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 8,000 | Sep 26, 1999 | |
| He He Fire | 6,172 | Sep 29, 1999 | Human |
| Degarmo Fire | 5,000 | Nov 7, 1999 | Human |
| Stonehouse Fire | 4,545 | Aug 18, 1999 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,214 | Sep 10, 1999 | |
| Horse Cr Fire | 3,747 | ||
| Long Hollow Summit Fire | 3,626 | Aug 4, 1999 | Natural |
| Crump Fire | 3,200 | Aug 3, 1999 | Natural |
| Rainbow Quarry Fire | 3,027 | Sep 5, 1999 | Human |
| Ankle Creek Fire | 2,678 | Oct 21, 1999 | Human |
| Blackrock Fire | 2,280 | May 19, 1999 | |
| Schoolhouse Gulch Fire | 2,100 | Jul 17, 1999 | Human |
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.