Fossil Creek Fire
The Fossil Creek Fire burned 3,270 acres in Grant County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on July 12, 2007, and contained on July 27, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,270 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2007
- Contained
- July 27, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,943 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.708, -119.644.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,270 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,943 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,269 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2007, 11:06 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2007, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4469911963720070712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-551058
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.