Oden Road Fire
The Oden Road Fire burned 9,607 acres in Washington, in 2009. It was discovered on August 21, 2009, and contained on August 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,607 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2009
- Contained
- August 28, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,137 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.329, -120.176.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,607 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,137 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2009, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Spokane District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4834411973320090821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-595721
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 Washington in 20097
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek Complex | 48,902 | Aug 20, 2009 | Natural |
| Discovery Fire | 4,132 | Jul 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Ahtanum 1 Fire | 2,750 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Milepost 38 Fire | 1,923 | Sep 16, 2009 | Human |
| Preston-Fox Fire | 1,400 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Twin Peaks Fire | 1,200 | Sep 3, 2009 | Natural |
| Texas Lake Fire | 1,185 | Aug 21, 2009 | 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.