Porcupine Prescribed Fire
The Porcupine Prescribed Fire burned 8,664 acres in Oregon, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to September 6, 2005.
- Size
- 8,664 acres
- Ignition
- September 6, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,664 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.881, -120.317.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,664 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 6, 2005
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4488712031720050906
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 | ||
| Mckinley Fire | 3,811 | Aug 1, 2005 | Human |
| Dry Fire | 3,135 | Jul 31, 2005 | Natural |
| Keeney Pass Fire | 2,891 | Aug 8, 2005 | 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. 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.