Yellowjacket Fire
The Yellowjacket Fire burned 1,064 acres in Umatilla County, Oregon, in 2001. It was discovered on July 10, 2001, and contained on July 10, 2001. The cause was recorded as other causes.
- Size
- 1,064 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2001
- Contained
- July 10, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,232 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.380, -118.913.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,064 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,232 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2001
- Contained
- July 10, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Other causes
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Umatilla County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Pendleton Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4536911891720010710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-60716
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
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.