Wildfires of 2005

Lil Bridge Fire

2005Harney County, OregonWildfire

The Lil Bridge Fire burned 1,007 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on August 22, 2005, and contained on August 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,007 acres
Discovered
August 22, 2005
Contained
August 25, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,007 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.813, -118.687.

The record

Reported final size
1,007 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,007 acres
Discovered
August 22, 2005, 12:23 p.m. local time
Contained
August 25, 2005, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
County
Harney County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Burns District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORBUD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2005-ORBUD-002240
Fire occurrence record
W-511159

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 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Tryon Complex (Tryon) Fire22,603Aug 8, 2005Natural
Double Mountain Fire22,095Jul 28, 2005Natural
Tryon Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire18,177Aug 9, 2005Natural
Blossom Fire14,772Jul 21, 2005Natural
Beef Trail Fire4,692Aug 7, 2005Natural
Unnamed Fire4,683Jun 29, 2005
Fairwell Bend Fire4,309Jul 28, 2005Natural
Wolfe Point Fire4,150Jul 19, 2005Human
McKinley Fire3,813
Mckinley Fire3,811Aug 1, 2005Human
Dry Fire3,135Jul 31, 2005Natural
Keeney Pass Fire2,891Aug 8, 2005Natural

Every fire of 2005 Oregon fire history

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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. 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.