Tryon Complex (Tryon) Fire
The Tryon Complex (Tryon) Fire burned 22,603 acres in Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on August 8, 2005, and contained on October 2, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 22,603 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2005
- Contained
- October 2, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,467 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.319, -116.827.
The record
- Reported final size
- 22,603 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,467 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 22,149 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2005, 11:51 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2005, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORWWF
- Part of
- Tryon Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-ORWWF-000064
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4567111654620050808
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1426862
- Perimeter map method
- Photogrammetric Compilation
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.