Quartz Fire
The Quartz Fire burned 6,162 acres in Jackson County, Oregon, in 2001. It was discovered on August 9, 2001, and contained on September 26, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,162 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2001
- Contained
- September 26, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,714 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.218, -122.993.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,162 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,714 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,166 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2001, 7:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 26, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jackson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Medford District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4210112288220010809
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-105526
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Data taken from Fire History Points
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Juniper Fire | 80,548 | Aug 8, 2001 | Natural |
| Jackies Butte Fire | 67,052 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Sheepshead Fire | 41,124 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Monument Complex (Mallory) Fire | 32,352 | Aug 13, 2001 | Natural |
| Ferry Canyon Fire | 18,559 | Jul 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Horse Creek Fire | 16,459 | Aug 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Big Stick Fire | 9,601 | Jul 4, 2001 | Natural |
| Sheepshead Complex (Stonehouse) Fire | 9,450 | Aug 10, 2001 | Natural |
| Bridge Creek Fire | 9,230 | Aug 13, 2001 | Natural |
| Starvation Fire | 7,500 | Jul 13, 2001 | Natural |
| Wagner Mountain Fire | 7,076 | Jul 12, 2001 | Natural |
| West Crater Fire | 5,995 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
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.