Wildfires of 2006

Jackies Butte Fire

2006Malheur County, OregonWildfire

The Jackies Butte Fire burned 14,572 acres in Malheur County, Oregon, in 2006. It was discovered on September 3, 2006, and contained on September 5, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
14,572 acres
Discovered
September 3, 2006
Contained
September 5, 2006
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 14,582 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.615, -117.540.

The record

Reported final size
14,572 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
14,582 acres
Discovered
September 3, 2006, 5:00 p.m. local time
Contained
September 5, 2006, 6:12 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
County
Malheur County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Vale District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORVAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-530937

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
Thorn Creek Fire13,536Aug 22, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire13,288
Jim Creek Fire12,946Aug 22, 2006Natural
Twin Lakes Complex11,615Sep 4, 2006Natural
Jerry Wells Fire11,339Jun 28, 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. 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.