Coal Plant Fire
The Coal Plant Fire burned 78,000 acres in Oregon, in 2008. It was discovered on June 29, 2008, and contained on July 10, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 78,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2008
- Contained
- July 10, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 45,811 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.662, -119.768.
The record
- Reported final size
- 78,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 45,811 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2008, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 2008, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4568911971120080629
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008ORUMRD9KK
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackies Butte Fire | 25,491 | Jun 30, 2008 | Natural |
| Middle Fork Fire | 21,125 | Aug 18, 2008 | Natural |
| Jack Knife Fire | 20,115 | Jul 1, 2008 | Natural |
| Rattle Fire | 19,775 | Aug 18, 2008 | Natural |
| I284 Fire | 9,787 | Jul 3, 2008 | Natural |
| North Pole Ridge Fire | 6,299 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Sayrs 2 Fire | 5,175 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,165 | Jul 7, 2008 | |
| Bridge Creek Fire | 4,891 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Deep Creek Fire | 4,617 | Jul 3, 2008 | Natural |
| Big Cove Fire | 4,268 | Sep 19, 2008 | Natural |
| Silvies River Fire | 4,040 | Aug 7, 2008 | 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.