Mud Springs Fire
The Mud Springs Fire burned 965 acres in Jefferson County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on July 13, 2007, and contained on July 14, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 12, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 965 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2007
- Contained
- July 14, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,060 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.554, -120.949.
The record
- Reported final size
- 965 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,060 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2007
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 12, 2007
- Contained
- July 14, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jefferson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Prineville Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4453312095220070712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ODF-78330
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
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.