Williams Creek Fire
The Williams Creek Fire burned 8,395 acres in Douglas County, Oregon, in 2009. It was discovered on July 28, 2009, and contained on October 2, 2009. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 8,395 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2009
- Contained
- October 2, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,399 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.339, -122.787.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,395 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,399 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,393 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2009, 1:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2009, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Umpqua National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORUPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-ORUPF-009071
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4334712281020090728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1483979
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.