Riddle RX
The Riddle RX burned 10,002 acres in Oregon, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to September 13, 1999.
- Size
- 10,002 acres
- Ignition
- September 13, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,002 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.985, -118.514.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,002 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 13, 1999
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4296611848719990913
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.