Ophir Fire
The Ophir Fire burned 1,600 acres in Butte County, California, in 2008. It was discovered on June 10, 2008.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.465, -121.573.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 959 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2008, 11:27 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Butte County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Butte Unit
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CABTU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-CABTU-007021
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_CA-BTU-007021
- Note on the perimeter
- CAL FIRE Team 2 activation
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
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. 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.