High Cascades Fire
The High Cascades Fire burned 44,476 acres in Oregon, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to August 24, 2011.
- Size
- 44,476 acres
- Ignition
- August 24, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 44,476 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.791, -121.456.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 44,476 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 24, 2011
- State
- Oregon
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4476712123320110824
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Oregon in 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razor Back East Fire | 51,384 | Aug 24, 2011 | Natural |
| 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 |
| Dsl Complex | 6,534 | Aug 25, 2011 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.