Wolfe Point Fire
The Wolfe Point Fire burned 4,150 acres in Oregon, in 2005. It was discovered on July 19, 2005, and contained on July 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,150 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2005
- Contained
- July 25, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,004 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.844, -121.181.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,150 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,004 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,235 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2005, 11:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Warm Springs Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORWSA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4480712119320050719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-505757
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 |
| 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.