Schoolhouse Gulch Fire
The Schoolhouse Gulch Fire burned 2,100 acres in Grant County, Oregon, in 1999. It was discovered on July 17, 1999, and contained on July 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 1999
- Contained
- July 18, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,271 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.456, -119.468.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,271 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 1999
- Contained
- July 18, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4443911944419990717
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-20063
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 | |
| 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.