Sheep Mountain Fire
The Sheep Mountain Fire burned 1,049 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on September 29, 2005, and contained on October 6, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,049 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2005
- Contained
- October 6, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,118 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.428, -119.846.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,049 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,118 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,049 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2005, 6:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 6, 2005, 3:38 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Harney County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Burns District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORBUD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-ORBUD-002306
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4341911984820050929
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-513952
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 | ||
| 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
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.