Green Grass Fire
The Green Grass Fire burned 1,304 acres in Sherman County, Oregon, in 2009. It was discovered on May 30, 2009, and contained on June 3, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,304 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2009
- Contained
- June 3, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,295 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.187, -120.521.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,304 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,295 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,304 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2009, 3:33 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 3, 2009, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Sherman County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4519312051320090530
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-589659
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Creek Fire | 16,267 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Tumblebug Complex | 14,560 | Sep 12, 2009 | Natural |
| Kelsay Butte Fire | 12,406 | ||
| Boze Fire | 10,721 | Sep 13, 2009 | Natural |
| Williams Creek Fire | 8,395 | Jul 28, 2009 | Human |
| North Fork Complex | 6,900 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Rainbow Creek Fire | 5,740 | Sep 22, 2009 | Natural |
| Big Sheep Fire | 3,466 | Aug 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Mcginnis Creek Fire | 3,417 | Jul 24, 2009 | Human |
| Big Sheep Fire | 3,120 | ||
| Ward Canyon Fire | 1,962 | Oct 11, 2009 | Human |
| I-686 Fire | 1,296 |
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.