Birch Fire
The Birch Fire burned 1,001 acres in Oregon, in 2002. It was discovered on July 23, 2002, and contained on July 24, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,001 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2002
- Contained
- July 24, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,122 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.596, -118.820.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,001 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,122 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2002, 3:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4561511888020020723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002ORMKR1566
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biscuit Complex (Biscuit) Fire | 499,945 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Tool Box Complex (Tool Box) Fire | 54,800 | Jul 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Boulder Fire | 48,080 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Trimbly Creek Fire | 42,543 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Grizzly Complex (Winter) Fire | 33,894 | Jul 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Mahogany Complex (Atkins Butte) Fire | 32,812 | Jul 15, 2002 | Natural |
| White River Fire | 28,500 | Jul 23, 2002 | Natural |
| Timbered Rock Fire | 27,351 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Monument-Malheur Complex (Monument) Fire | 24,667 | Jul 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Grizzly Complex (Silver) Fire | 24,565 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Eyerly Complex (Eyerly) Fire | 23,573 | Jul 9, 2002 | Natural |
| Wiinter Fire | 19,561 |
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.