Sentinel Peak Fire
The Sentinel Peak Fire burned 3,500 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 2001. It was discovered on July 10, 2001, and contained on July 11, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2001
- Contained
- July 11, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,706 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.804, -119.732.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,706 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,699 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2001
- Contained
- July 11, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4478711972120010710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-60741
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 |
| Quartz Fire | 6,162 | 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.