Smyth Creek Fire
The Smyth Creek Fire burned 1,857 acres in Harney County, Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 25, 2011, and contained on September 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,857 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011
- Contained
- September 15, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,798 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.983, -118.538.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,857 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,798 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,858 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011, 12:48 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2011, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Harney County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Burns District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORBUD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-ORBUD-010178
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4298311853820110825
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-630191
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.