Box Canyon Prescribed Fire
The Box Canyon Prescribed Fire burned 1,098 acres in Oregon, in 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to October 24, 2006.
- Size
- 1,098 acres
- Ignition
- October 24, 2006
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,098 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.650, -121.404.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,098 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 24, 2006
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4465012140420061024
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Oregon in 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo Fire | 68,224 | Aug 21, 2006 | Natural |
| Happy Valley Fire | 65,031 | Jul 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Foster Gulch Fire | 53,547 | Jul 23, 2006 | Natural |
| Foster Gulch Complex | 49,748 | ||
| Granddad Fire | 46,523 | Aug 21, 2006 | Human |
| Star Mountain Fire | 43,545 | Aug 21, 2006 | Natural |
| Mud Springs Fire | 17,349 | Aug 10, 2006 | Natural |
| Jackies Butte Fire | 14,572 | Sep 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Thorn Creek Fire | 13,536 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 13,288 | ||
| Jim Creek Fire | 12,946 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Twin Lakes Complex | 11,615 | Sep 4, 2006 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.