Barry Point Fire
The Barry Point Fire burned 92,977 acres in Lake County, Oregon, in 2012. It was discovered on August 6, 2012, and contained on September 17, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 92,977 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2012
- Contained
- September 17, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 91,493 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.112, -120.801.
The record
- Reported final size
- 92,977 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 91,493 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 92,958 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2012, 4:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 17, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Lake County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Fremont-Winema National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-ORFWF-120680
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4211012080120120806
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1511438
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 5 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- blank
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 |
| 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 |
| Parish Cabin Fire | 6,481 | Aug 28, 2012 | 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.