Wildfires of 2011

Webster Fire

2011OregonWildfire

The Webster Fire burned 1,500 acres in Oregon, in 2011. It was discovered on August 24, 2011, and contained on August 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,500 acres
Discovered
August 24, 2011
Contained
August 25, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.825, -121.121.

The record

Reported final size
1,500 acres
Discovered
August 24, 2011, 5:21 p.m. local time
Contained
August 25, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oregon
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Warm Springs Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-627145

Other large fires in Oregon in 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Razor Back East Fire51,384Aug 24, 2011Natural
High Cascades Fire44,476Aug 24, 2011
I-0511 Hancock Fire23,069
Powerline Fire20,907
I-0511 Hancock Fire18,810
West Hill Fire15,370
Clarks Butte Fire13,299Aug 6, 2011Natural
Clarno Fire11,107
Hancock Complex11,000Aug 24, 2011Natural
Shadow Lake Fire10,000Aug 28, 2011Natural
Unnamed Fire9,000Aug 1, 2011Natural
Cactus Mountain Fire8,212Sep 7, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 Oregon fire history

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Sources

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.