Red Cone Fire
The Red Cone Fire burned 322 acres in Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 20, 2011, and contained on November 3, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 322 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2011
- Contained
- November 3, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,341 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.003, -122.198.
The record
- Reported final size
- 322 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,341 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 3, 2011, 10:25 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Crater Lake National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Part of
- Red Cone Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4300312219820110820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-629161
- Note on the perimeter
- Hard to delineate unburned/burned.
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
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.