Grouse Mountain Fire
The Grouse Mountain Fire burned 12,076 acres in Grant County, Oregon, in 2013. It was discovered on August 7, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 12,076 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,361 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.487, -119.023.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,076 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,361 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013, 4:19 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- John Day Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4448711902320130807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2013-OR-952S-013167
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 |
| Sharon Creek Fire | 10,772 | Aug 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Lava Fire | 7,500 | Aug 12, 2013 | Natural |
| Stockade Fire | 6,614 | Jun 10, 2013 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
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.