Bland Mountain 2 Fire
The Bland Mountain 2 Fire burned 4,705 acres in Douglas County, Oregon, in 2004. It was discovered on August 20, 2004, and contained on September 5, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,705 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2004
- Contained
- September 5, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,511 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.953, -123.129.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,705 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,511 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,419 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2004, 4:48 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 2004, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Roseburg District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORROD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4294312309320040820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124933
- Perimeter records
- 23 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 20043
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log Springs Fire | 13,539 | Jul 25, 2004 | Human |
| Grassy Fire | 4,232 | Aug 13, 2004 | Natural |
| Sidwalter Fire | 1,880 | Apr 27, 2004 | 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.