5th Ave Fire
The 5th Ave Fire burned 2,224 acres in Malheur County, Oregon, in 2000. It was discovered on June 25, 2000, and contained on June 26, 2000. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,224 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2000
- Contained
- June 26, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,322 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.055, -117.257.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,224 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,322 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,227 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2000, 4:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 26, 2000, 8:35 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Malheur County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Vale District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4405411724420000625
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-95194
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Fire | 79,914 | Jul 14, 2000 | Natural |
| Jim Creek Fire | 60,388 | ||
| Beaty Butte Fire | 35,000 | Jul 12, 2000 | Natural |
| Eastside Complex (Deep Creek) Fire | 32,967 | Aug 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 27,813 | Sep 27, 2000 | |
| Horn Butte Fire | 19,650 | Jul 22, 2000 | Human |
| White Mule Fire | 19,118 | Aug 3, 2000 | Natural |
| Hash Rock Fire | 18,500 | Aug 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Kern Fire | 12,069 | Aug 4, 2000 | Natural |
| 2 Horse Mountain Fire | 10,470 | Jul 18, 2000 | Natural |
| Abert Fire | 10,121 | Aug 3, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,399 | Sep 27, 2000 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.