Round Top Butte Fire
The Round Top Butte Fire burned 9,870 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on July 5, 2007, and contained on July 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 9,870 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 2007
- Contained
- July 20, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,356 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.489, -119.929.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,870 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,356 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,865 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 2007, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 2007, 1:20 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- 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
- 2007-ORBUD-007134
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4353011988720070705
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-548912
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.