Jim Creek Fire
The Jim Creek Fire burned 12,946 acres in Wallowa County, Oregon, in 2006. It was discovered on August 22, 2006, and contained on September 15, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 12,946 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006
- Contained
- September 15, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,091 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.947, -116.879.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,946 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,091 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 12,794 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006, 9:25 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wallowa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORWWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-ORWWF-000111
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4591411692620060822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1443119
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
| 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 | ||
| Twin Lakes Complex | 11,615 | Sep 4, 2006 | Natural |
| Jerry Wells Fire | 11,339 | Jun 28, 2006 | 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. 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.