Bald Mountain Fire
The Bald Mountain Fire burned 1,100 acres in Wallowa County, Oregon, in 2012. It was discovered on September 18, 2012, and contained on November 5, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 2012
- Contained
- November 5, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,138 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.326, -117.505.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,138 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,010 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 2012, 2:54 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 5, 2012, 3:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wallowa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORWWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-ORWWF-000990
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4532611750420120918
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1508361
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
- 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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Draw Fire | 558,198 | Jul 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Miller Homestead Fire | 160,801 | Jul 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Barry Point Fire | 92,977 | Aug 6, 2012 | Natural |
| Cache Creek Fire | 73,582 | Aug 20, 2012 | Natural |
| Pole Creek Fire | 26,795 | Sep 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Lava Fire | 21,546 | Jul 23, 2012 | Natural |
| Danner Loop 2 Fire | 19,449 | Aug 28, 2012 | Human |
| Waterfalls 2 Fire | 12,246 | Aug 6, 2012 | Natural |
| Ten Mile Complex | 10,056 | Aug 10, 2012 | Natural |
| Iron Fire | 9,384 | Jul 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Baker Canyon Fire | 8,309 | Jul 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Bonita Fire | 8,304 | Jul 9, 2012 | Natural |
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.