Middle Fork Fire
The Middle Fork Fire burned 21,125 acres in Klamath County, Oregon, in 2008. It was discovered on August 18, 2008, and contained on October 10, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 16, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 21,125 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008
- Contained
- October 10, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,751 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.719, -122.256.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,125 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,751 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,110 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008, 9:59 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 16, 2008
- Contained
- October 10, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Klamath County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORRSF
- Part of
- Lonesome Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-ORRSF-008246
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4277912225220080816
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1473564
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- IR from the nifc website
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Plant Fire | 78,000 | Jun 29, 2008 | Natural |
| Jackies Butte Fire | 25,491 | Jun 30, 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
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.