Wildfires of 2012

Unnamed Fire

2012Wasco County, OregonWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,051 acres in Wasco County, Oregon, in 2012. It was discovered on July 13, 2012, and contained on July 28, 2012. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,051 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2012
Contained
July 28, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,194 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.975, -120.841.

The record

Reported final size
1,051 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,194 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,051 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
Contained
July 28, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Oregon
County
Wasco County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Prineville District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
ORPRD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2012-ORPRD-000222
MTBS fire identifier
OR4497512084120120713
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-640913

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

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.