Wildfires of 2007

Unnamed Fire

2007Sherman County, OregonWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,551 acres in Sherman County, Oregon, in 2007. It was discovered on June 17, 2007, and contained on June 19, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
2,551 acres
Discovered
June 17, 2007
Contained
June 19, 2007
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,316 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.615, -120.904.

The record

Reported final size
2,551 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,316 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,351 acres
Discovered
June 17, 2007, 4:00 a.m. local time
Contained
June 19, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Oregon
County
Sherman County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Prineville District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORPRD
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OR4559912090120070617
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-543878

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
Monument Complex (Red Hill Fire) Fire53,448Jul 13, 2007Natural
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

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.