Murderers Creek Fire
The Murderers Creek Fire burned 1,089 acres in Grant County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on October 1, 2011, and contained on November 9, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2011
- Contained
- November 9, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,136 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.314, -119.443.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,089 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,136 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,115 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2011, 1:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 9, 2011, 10:13 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Part of
- Murderers Creek Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- 0847
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-ORPRD-000848
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4431411944320111001
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-632577
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- OR-PRD-848
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.