Geneva Twelve Fire
The Geneva Twelve Fire burned 1,341 acres in Jefferson County, Oregon, in 2012. It was discovered on August 6, 2012, and contained on August 17, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to August 5, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,341 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2012
- Contained
- August 17, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,396 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.513, -121.385.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,341 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,396 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,337 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2012, 12:22 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 5, 2012
- Contained
- August 17, 2012, 7:11 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jefferson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ochoco National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-ORPRD-000392
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4451212138520120805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1510644
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- 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.