Wildfires of 2012

Hickey Fire

2012Lake County, OregonWildfire

The Hickey Fire burned 411 acres in Lake County, Oregon, in 2012. It was discovered on May 16, 2012, and contained on May 30, 2012. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
411 acres
Discovered
May 16, 2012
Contained
May 30, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,806 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.196, -120.178.

The record

Reported final size
411 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,806 acres
Discovered
May 16, 2012, 1:40 p.m. local time
Contained
May 30, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Oregon
County
Lake County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Fremont-Winema National Forest
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORFWF
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-1510670
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

FireAcresStartCause
Long Draw Fire558,198Jul 8, 2012Natural
Miller Homestead Fire160,801Jul 8, 2012Natural
Barry Point Fire92,977Aug 6, 2012Natural
Cache Creek Fire73,582Aug 20, 2012Natural
Pole Creek Fire26,795Sep 9, 2012Natural
Lava Fire21,546Jul 23, 2012Natural
Danner Loop 2 Fire19,449Aug 28, 2012Human
Waterfalls 2 Fire12,246Aug 6, 2012Natural
Ten Mile Complex10,056Aug 10, 2012Natural
Iron Fire9,384Jul 9, 2012Natural
Baker Canyon Fire8,309Jul 14, 2012Natural
Bonita Fire8,304Jul 9, 2012Natural

Every fire of 2012 Oregon fire history

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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. 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.