Oak Flat Fire
The Oak Flat Fire burned 7,494 acres in Josephine County, Oregon, in 2010. It was discovered on August 13, 2010, and contained on September 20, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 7,494 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2010
- Contained
- September 20, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,968 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.399, -123.738.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,494 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,968 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,614 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2010, 8:24 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 20, 2010, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Josephine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORRSF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4242312371620100813
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1492084
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- created from ir8/22
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lightning Complex (Youther) Fire | 29,500 | Aug 18, 2010 | Natural |
| Lower Deschutes Complex (Tygh Ridge) Fire | 9,304 | Aug 19, 2010 | Natural |
| Rooster Rock Fire | 6,134 | Aug 2, 2010 | Human |
| Buckhorn Complex | 4,197 | Jul 27, 2010 | Natural |
| Lower Deschutes Complex (Fall Canyon) Fire | 3,714 | Aug 19, 2010 | |
| Scott Mountain Fire | 3,454 | Aug 19, 2010 | Natural |
| Poker Jim Ridge Fire | 3,153 | Aug 5, 2010 | Human |
| Hay Fire | 3,083 | Oct 14, 2010 | Human |
| Bull of the Woods Fire | 2,810 | Aug 18, 2010 | Natural |
| Streese Fire | 2,565 | Aug 16, 2010 | Human |
| I-385 Buckhorn Fire | 2,223 | ||
| Cougar Mountain Fire | 2,064 | Sep 15, 2010 | 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.