Middle Fork Fire
The Middle Fork Fire burned 1,070 acres in Linn County, Oregon, in 2006. It was discovered on September 1, 2006, and contained on November 6, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,070 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2006
- Contained
- November 6, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,167 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.503, -122.427.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,070 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,167 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2006
- Contained
- November 6, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Linn County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Sweet Home Unit - ODF
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORSAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-76160
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 | ||
| Jim Creek Fire | 12,946 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Twin Lakes Complex | 11,615 | Sep 4, 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. 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.