Wildfires of 2007

Monument Complex (Red Hill Fire) Fire

2007Morrow County, OregonWildfire

The Monument Complex (Red Hill Fire) Fire burned 53,448 acres in Morrow County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on July 13, 2007, and contained on August 7, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 12, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
53,448 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2007
Contained
August 7, 2007
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 54,576 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.015, -119.450.

The record

Reported final size
53,448 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
54,576 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
53,761 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2007, 9:00 a.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
July 12, 2007
Contained
August 7, 2007, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
County
Morrow County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Umatilla National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
ORUMF
Part of
Monument Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2007-ORUMF-000025
MTBS fire identifier
OR4495611940720070712
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FS-1452642
Perimeter map method
Other
Perimeter records
6 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Note on the perimeter
Red Hill fire was managed under the Monument Complex.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Battle Creek Complex (Battle Creek) Fire79,149Jul 13, 2007Natural
Egley Complex (Egley) Fire55,420Jul 6, 2007Natural
Egley Fire55,415
Bear Canyon Fire52,812
Irish Spring Fire47,860Aug 17, 2007Human
Bartlett Mountain Fire32,312Jul 6, 2007Natural
Silver Fire31,599
Clark Butte Fire31,047Jul 6, 2007Natural
Juniper Reservoir Fire28,333Jul 13, 2007Natural
Unnamed Fire15,591Aug 3, 2007Human
Wsa Lightning Complex (Biddle Pass) Fire11,710Jul 12, 2007Natural
Butte Fire10,343Aug 5, 2007Natural

Every fire of 2007 Oregon fire history

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.