Wills Canyon Fire
The Wills Canyon Fire burned 895 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on August 21, 2005, and contained on August 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 895 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2005
- Contained
- August 25, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,145 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.768, -119.952.
The record
- Reported final size
- 895 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,145 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2005
- Contained
- August 25, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- OR950S
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-OR950S-953019
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-72851
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. 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.