Calica Lrg Fire
The Calica Lrg Fire burned 1,588 acres in Oregon, in 1999. It was discovered on August 27, 1999, and contained on August 28, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,588 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1999
- Contained
- August 28, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,603 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.875, -121.276.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,588 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,603 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1999, 2:49 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 1999, 8:40 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- 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
- OR4487212129219990827
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447691
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.