Free Bridge 2 Fire
The Free Bridge 2 Fire burned 1,512 acres in Wasco County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 22, 2011, and contained on September 18, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,512 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011
- Contained
- September 18, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,518 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.572, -120.955.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,512 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,518 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,513 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011, 4:14 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 18, 2011, 4:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wasco 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-000431
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4555812091720110822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-631240
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.