Elk Fire
The Elk Fire burned 1,051 acres in Jefferson County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 22, 2011, and contained on August 31, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,051 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011
- Contained
- August 31, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,166 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.639, -121.208.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,051 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,166 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 988 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011, 12:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jefferson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-ORPRD-000426
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4463812121020110822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-631413
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razor Back East Fire | 51,384 | Aug 24, 2011 | Natural |
| High Cascades Fire | 44,476 | Aug 24, 2011 | |
| I-0511 Hancock Fire | 23,069 | ||
| Powerline Fire | 20,907 | ||
| I-0511 Hancock Fire | 18,810 | ||
| West Hill Fire | 15,370 | ||
| Clarks Butte Fire | 13,299 | Aug 6, 2011 | Natural |
| Clarno Fire | 11,107 | ||
| Hancock Complex | 11,000 | Aug 24, 2011 | Natural |
| Shadow Lake Fire | 10,000 | Aug 28, 2011 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,000 | Aug 1, 2011 | Natural |
| Cactus Mountain Fire | 8,212 | Sep 7, 2011 | Human |
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.