Rainbow Quarry Fire
The Rainbow Quarry Fire burned 3,027 acres in Oregon, in 1999. It was discovered on September 5, 1999, and contained on September 9, 1999. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 3,027 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1999
- Contained
- September 9, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,229 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.050, -121.351.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,027 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,229 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1999, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 9, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- 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
- OR4506612135419990905
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-447696
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 |
| 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.