Wildfires of 2006

Jack Mtn Fire

2006Harney County, OregonWildfire

The Jack Mtn Fire burned 1,000 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2006. It was discovered on July 23, 2006, and contained on July 25, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2006
Contained
July 25, 2006
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,125 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.965, -118.967.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,125 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,000 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2006, 11:24 a.m. local time
Contained
July 25, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
County
Harney County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Burns District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORBUD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2006-ORBUD-002319
MTBS fire identifier
OR4293911896220060723
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-530295
Perimeter map method
Hand Sketch

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 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Pueblo Fire68,224Aug 21, 2006Natural
Happy Valley Fire65,031Jul 22, 2006Natural
Foster Gulch Fire53,547Jul 23, 2006Natural
Foster Gulch Complex49,748
Granddad Fire46,523Aug 21, 2006Human
Star Mountain Fire43,545Aug 21, 2006Natural
Mud Springs Fire17,349Aug 10, 2006Natural
Jackies Butte Fire14,572Sep 3, 2006Natural
Thorn Creek Fire13,536Aug 22, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire13,288
Jim Creek Fire12,946Aug 22, 2006Natural
Twin Lakes Complex11,615Sep 4, 2006Natural

Every fire of 2006 Oregon fire history

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.