Gordon Butte Fire
The Gordon Butte Fire burned 4,084 acres in Sherman County, Oregon, in 2013. It was discovered on June 2, 2013, and contained on June 5, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to June 1, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,084 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2013
- Contained
- June 5, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,229 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.550, -120.895.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,084 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,229 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,084 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2013, 10:09 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 1, 2013
- Contained
- June 5, 2013, 4:21 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Sherman County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-ORPRD-000171
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4554912089520130601
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-655606
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Turnoff Fire | 53,000 | Jul 20, 2013 | Human |
| Owyhee Fire | 46,445 | Jul 1, 2013 | Natural |
| Big Windy Complex | 26,725 | Jul 26, 2013 | Natural |
| Cedar Mountain Fire | 23,948 | Aug 8, 2013 | Natural |
| North Rabbit Fire | 17,524 | Jul 26, 2013 | Natural |
| Whiskey Fire | 16,195 | Jul 26, 2013 | Natural |
| Grassy Mountain Fire | 15,720 | Aug 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Dads Fire | 15,362 | Jul 26, 2013 | Natural |
| Crowley Creek Fire | 12,935 | Jun 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Grouse Mountain Fire | 12,076 | Aug 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Sharon Creek Fire | 10,772 | Aug 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Lava Fire | 7,500 | Aug 12, 2013 | 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.