Hancock Complex
The Hancock Complex burned 11,000 acres in Wheeler County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 24, 2011, and contained on September 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2011
- Contained
- September 15, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 71,576 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.032, -120.411.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 71,576 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 67,315 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2011, 6:14 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2011, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- ORJDP
- Part of
- Hancock Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- 0513, 0682, 0514, 0497, 0607
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-ORJDP-000511
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4493112043020110824
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-631359
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | ||
| 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 |
| Dsl Complex | 6,534 | Aug 25, 2011 | 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.