Mother Lode Fire
The Mother Lode Fire burned 2,033 acres in Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 26, 2011, and contained on October 13, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,033 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2011
- Contained
- October 13, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,879 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.856, -122.105.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,033 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,879 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,742 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2011, 8:06 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 13, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Mt. Hood National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORMHF
- Part of
- Motherlode Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-ORMHF-000362
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4485612210620110826
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1500248
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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.