Wildfires of 2013

Unnamed Fire

2013Gilliam County, OregonWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Gilliam County, Oregon, in 2013. It was discovered on May 10, 2013, and contained on May 13, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
May 10, 2013
Contained
May 13, 2013
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,159 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.159, -119.979.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,159 acres
Discovered
May 10, 2013, 2:30 p.m. local time
Contained
May 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Oregon
County
Gilliam County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Prineville District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OR4515911997920130510
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-654759

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

FireAcresStartCause
Sunnyside Turnoff Fire53,000Jul 20, 2013Human
Owyhee Fire46,445Jul 1, 2013Natural
Big Windy Complex26,725Jul 26, 2013Natural
Cedar Mountain Fire23,948Aug 8, 2013Natural
North Rabbit Fire17,524Jul 26, 2013Natural
Whiskey Fire16,195Jul 26, 2013Natural
Grassy Mountain Fire15,720Aug 7, 2013Natural
Dads Fire15,362Jul 26, 2013Natural
Crowley Creek Fire12,935Jun 10, 2013Natural
Grouse Mountain Fire12,076Aug 7, 2013Natural
Sharon Creek Fire10,772Aug 7, 2013Natural
Lava Fire7,500Aug 12, 2013Natural

Every fire of 2013 Oregon fire history

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.