Horn Butte Fire
The Horn Butte Fire burned 19,650 acres in Gilliam County, Oregon, in 2000. It was discovered on July 22, 2000, and contained on July 23, 2000. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 19,650 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2000
- Contained
- July 23, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,588 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.401, -120.082.
The record
- Reported final size
- 19,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,588 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 23, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Gilliam County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4566912001020000722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-99432
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Tamarack Creek Fire | 7,900 | Aug 4, 2000 | 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.