Mckinley Fire
The Mckinley Fire burned 3,811 acres in Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on August 1, 2005, and contained on August 29, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,811 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2005
- Contained
- August 29, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,340 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.844, -121.292.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,811 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,340 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,272 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2005, 12:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- 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
- OR4485912126020050801
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-506860
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon Complex (Tryon) Fire | 22,603 | Aug 8, 2005 | Natural |
| Double Mountain Fire | 22,095 | Jul 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Tryon Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire | 18,177 | Aug 9, 2005 | Natural |
| Blossom Fire | 14,772 | Jul 21, 2005 | Natural |
| Beef Trail Fire | 4,692 | Aug 7, 2005 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,683 | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| Fairwell Bend Fire | 4,309 | Jul 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Wolfe Point Fire | 4,150 | Jul 19, 2005 | Human |
| McKinley Fire | 3,813 | ||
| Dry Fire | 3,135 | Jul 31, 2005 | Natural |
| Keeney Pass Fire | 2,891 | Aug 8, 2005 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,612 | Jul 28, 2005 |
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.