White Lightning Complex (Youther) Fire
The White Lightning Complex (Youther) Fire burned 29,500 acres in Oregon, in 2010. It was discovered on August 18, 2010, and contained on September 10, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 29,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2010
- Contained
- September 10, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 30,316 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.767, -121.253.
The record
- Reported final size
- 29,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 30,316 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 29,073 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2010, 2:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2010, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Warm Springs Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORWSA
- Part of
- White Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-ORWSA-000073
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4504212118420100818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-613598
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Deschutes Complex (Tygh Ridge) Fire | 9,304 | Aug 19, 2010 | Natural |
| Oak Flat Fire | 7,494 | Aug 13, 2010 | Human |
| 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.