Rooster Comb Fire
The Rooster Comb Fire burned 3,659 acres in Malheur County, Oregon, in 2003. It was discovered on August 20, 2003, and contained on August 22, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,659 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2003
- Contained
- August 22, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,833 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.325, -117.362.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,659 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,833 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,662 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2003, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 2003, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Malheur County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vale District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORVAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4333111735220030820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-118622
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 |
| 18 Fire | 3,800 | Jul 23, 2003 | Human |
| 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.