Tamarack Creek Fire
The Tamarack Creek Fire burned 7,900 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 2000. It was discovered on August 4, 2000, and contained on August 14, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 7,900 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2000
- Contained
- August 14, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.697, -120.029.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,900 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2000
- Contained
- August 14, 2000
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-58630
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
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.