18 Fire
The 18 Fire burned 3,800 acres in Oregon, in 2003. It was discovered on July 23, 2003, and contained on July 28, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2003
- Contained
- July 28, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,972 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.959, -121.265.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,972 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,811 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2003, 1:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2003, 11:04 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Deschutes National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4392312127420030723
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-389414
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bb Complex (Booth) Fire | 79,734 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Davis Fire | 21,135 | Jun 28, 2003 | Human |
| Bear Butte Fire | 13,271 | ||
| Lightning Complex (Two Corral) Fire | 10,504 | Aug 20, 2003 | Natural |
| Haas Ridge Fire | 4,992 | ||
| Clark Fire | 4,964 | Jul 13, 2003 | Human |
| Haas Ridge Fire | 4,861 | Aug 20, 2003 | Natural |
| West Boundry Fire | 4,000 | Jun 19, 2003 | Human |
| Rooster Comb Fire | 3,659 | Aug 20, 2003 | Natural |
| Link Fire | 3,590 | Jul 5, 2003 | Human |
| Braden Ranch Fire | 3,100 | Jun 29, 2003 | Natural |
| Bull Springs 2 Fire | 1,266 | Sep 5, 2003 | Natural |
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.