White River Fire
The White River Fire burned 28,500 acres in Wasco County, Oregon, in 2002. It was discovered on July 23, 2002, and contained on July 29, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 28,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2002
- Contained
- July 29, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 28,370 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.236, -121.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 28,500 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 28,370 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2002, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 29, 2002, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-113953
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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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. 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.