West Boundry Fire
The West Boundry Fire burned 4,000 acres in Oregon, in 2003. It was discovered on June 19, 2003, and contained on June 19, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2003
- Contained
- June 19, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,103 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.833, -119.814.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,103 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2003, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 19, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4583211984020030619
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003ORUMRA365
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 |
| 18 Fire | 3,800 | Jul 23, 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
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.