Wasson Fire
The Wasson Fire burned 1,510 acres in Jackson County, Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on July 26, 2005, and contained on August 1, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,510 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2005
- Contained
- August 1, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,461 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.403, -122.534.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,510 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,461 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,510 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2005, 2:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 2005, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jackson County
- Reporting unit
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4240212250220050726
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1427103
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.