Wildfires of 2011

Dsl Complex

2011Harney County, OregonWildfire

The Dsl Complex burned 6,534 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 25, 2011, and contained on September 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
6,534 acres
Discovered
August 25, 2011
Contained
September 15, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,973 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.097, -118.235.

The record

Reported final size
6,534 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,973 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
6,538 acres
Discovered
August 25, 2011, 7:48 a.m. local time
Contained
September 15, 2011, 8:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
County
Harney County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Burns District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORBUD
Part of
Dsl Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2011-ORBUD-010167
MTBS fire identifier
OR4309711823520110825
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-631072

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 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Razor Back East Fire51,384Aug 24, 2011Natural
High Cascades Fire44,476Aug 24, 2011
I-0511 Hancock Fire23,069
Powerline Fire20,907
I-0511 Hancock Fire18,810
West Hill Fire15,370
Clarks Butte Fire13,299Aug 6, 2011Natural
Clarno Fire11,107
Hancock Complex11,000Aug 24, 2011Natural
Shadow Lake Fire10,000Aug 28, 2011Natural
Unnamed Fire9,000Aug 1, 2011Natural
Cactus Mountain Fire8,212Sep 7, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 Oregon fire history

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.