Thousand Virgin Fire
The Thousand Virgin Fire burned 2,043 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2006. It was discovered on June 27, 2006, and contained on July 3, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,043 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2006
- Contained
- July 3, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,981 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.127, -118.788.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,043 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,981 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,044 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2006, 3:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 2006, 11:54 a.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-002197
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4212811876820060627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-527210
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. 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.