Meu Lightning Complex (Orr) Fire
The Meu Lightning Complex (Orr) Fire burned 3,416 acres in Mendocino County, California, in 2008. It was discovered on June 20, 2008, and contained on July 12, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to July 4, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,416 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2008
- Contained
- July 12, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,680 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.218, -123.411.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,416 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,680 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2008, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 4, 2008
- Contained
- July 12, 2008, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- California
- County
- Mendocino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Meu Lightning Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Montgomery Flat
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3921812339220080704
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-580757
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 California in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Complex | 162,818 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Basin Complex (Indians) Fire | 81,378 | Jun 8, 2008 | Human |
| Siskiyou-Blue 2 Complex (Blue 2) Fire | 65,834 | Jun 20, 2008 | Natural |
| Btu Lightning Complex (Long Branch-Jack) Fire | 47,647 | Aug 13, 2008 | Natural |
| Panther Fire | 44,452 | Jul 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Bear Wallow Complex (Ukonom) Fire | 38,394 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Piute Fire | 37,026 | Jun 28, 2008 | Human |
| Telegraph Fire | 34,091 | Jul 25, 2008 | Human |
| Yolla Bolly Complex (Iron) Fire | 32,903 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Yellow Fire | 32,250 | Jun 22, 2008 | Natural |
| Iron and Alps Complexes (Eagle) Fire | 32,059 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Yellow Fire | 31,933 |
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.