Harmony Fire
The Harmony Fire burned 2,680 acres in Sherman County, Oregon, in 2000. It was discovered on August 23, 2000, and contained on August 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,680 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2000
- Contained
- August 25, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,425 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.424, -120.518.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,425 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 25, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Sherman County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4542212052520000823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-99515
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
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.