Ball Point Fire
The Ball Point Fire burned 1,237 acres in Wasco County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on July 12, 2007, and contained on November 14, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,237 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2007
- Contained
- November 14, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,297 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.300, -121.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,237 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,297 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2007, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 14, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Mt. Hood National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4530512138720070712
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456954
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- 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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek Complex (Battle Creek) Fire | 79,149 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Egley Complex (Egley) Fire | 55,420 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Egley Fire | 55,415 | ||
| Monument Complex (Red Hill Fire) Fire | 53,448 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Bear Canyon Fire | 52,812 | ||
| Irish Spring Fire | 47,860 | Aug 17, 2007 | Human |
| Bartlett Mountain Fire | 32,312 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Silver Fire | 31,599 | ||
| Clark Butte Fire | 31,047 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Juniper Reservoir Fire | 28,333 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 15,591 | Aug 3, 2007 | Human |
| Wsa Lightning Complex (Biddle Pass) Fire | 11,710 | Jul 12, 2007 | 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.