Timbered Rock Fire
The Timbered Rock Fire burned 27,351 acres in Jackson County, Oregon, in 2002. It was discovered on July 13, 2002, and contained on September 14, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 27,351 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2002
- Contained
- September 14, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,786 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.823, -122.738.
The record
- Reported final size
- 27,351 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,786 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 27,140 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2002, 1:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 14, 2002, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jackson County
- Reporting unit
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4277812272720020713
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-377128
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 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 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Apple Fire | 17,600 | Aug 16, 2002 | Human |
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.