Fires Scorch Oregon

  • Credit

    <P> Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch.</P> <P> <IMG SRC="/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/usgs_logo.gif" WIDTH=167 HEIGHT=62 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 BORDER=0> </P>

Several large wildfires burned out of control in Oregon through most of July and into August 2002, while there was also fire activity in Washington and California.

On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, two large Oregon fires merged into a single massive fire of more than 333,000 acres. In southwest Oregon, the Sour Biscuit fire on the Oregon-California state line, and the larger Florence Fire to its north closed the gap between them and created an enormous blaze that retained the name Biscuit Fire. This image of the fires and thick smoke was captured by the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus on August 14, 2002.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Landsat 7/ETM+

  • Start Date

    2002-08-14

  • Event Start Date

    2002-07-13

  • NH Image ID

    4705

  • NH Event ID

    4123

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-08-23