He He Fire
The He He Fire burned 6,172 acres in Oregon, in 1999. It was discovered on September 29, 1999, and contained on October 11, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 6,172 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 1999
- Contained
- October 11, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,150 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.948, -121.463.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,172 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,150 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 1999, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 11, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- 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
- OR4494012145419990929
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447713
- Note on the perimeter
- landcover has a forest component has well
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 | |
| 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 |
| Repeater Fire | 1,980 | Sep 28, 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.