Wildfires of 2002

Chamber Springs Fire

2002Wheeler County, OregonWildfire

The Chamber Springs Fire burned 1,080 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 2002. It was discovered on November 7, 2002, and contained on November 7, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,080 acres
Discovered
November 7, 2002
Contained
November 7, 2002
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.486, -119.988.

The record

Reported final size
1,080 acres
Discovered
November 7, 2002
Contained
November 7, 2002
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-66076

Other large fires in Oregon in 200212

FireAcresStartCause
Biscuit Complex (Biscuit) Fire499,945Jul 13, 2002Natural
Tool Box Complex (Tool Box) Fire54,800Jul 12, 2002Natural
Boulder Fire48,080Jul 13, 2002Natural
Trimbly Creek Fire42,543Jul 13, 2002Natural
Grizzly Complex (Winter) Fire33,894Jul 12, 2002Natural
Mahogany Complex (Atkins Butte) Fire32,812Jul 15, 2002Natural
White River Fire28,500Jul 23, 2002Natural
Timbered Rock Fire27,351Jul 13, 2002Natural
Monument-Malheur Complex (Monument) Fire24,667Jul 12, 2002Natural
Grizzly Complex (Silver) Fire24,565Jul 13, 2002Natural
Eyerly Complex (Eyerly) Fire23,573Jul 9, 2002Natural
Wiinter Fire19,561

Every fire of 2002 Oregon fire history

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.