Log Springs Fire
The Log Springs Fire burned 13,539 acres in Oregon, in 2004. It was discovered on July 25, 2004, and contained on August 17, 2004. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 13,539 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2004
- Contained
- August 17, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,168 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.022, -121.453.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,539 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,168 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,060 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2004, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Warm Springs Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORWSA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4499212139420040725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-448438
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bland Mountain 2 Fire | 4,705 | Aug 20, 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.