OR-MAF-149 Fire
The OR-MAF-149 Fire burned 1,100 acres in Grant County, Oregon, in 2009. It was discovered on July 25, 2009, and contained on August 12, 2009. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2009
- Contained
- August 12, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,121 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.310, -118.920.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,121 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,064 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2009, 1:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 12, 2009, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Malheur National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORMAF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-ORMAF-000040
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4432111890020090725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1481811
- Perimeter map method
- Photogrammetric Compilation
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire is known as OR-MAF-149 In NIFMID
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 |
| Green Grass Fire | 1,304 | May 30, 2009 | 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.