Deadwood Fire
The Deadwood Fire burned 57,030 acres in Idaho, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to August 4, 1987.
- Size
- 57,030 acres
- Ignition
- August 4, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 57,030 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.484, -115.410.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 57,030 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 53,451 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 4, 1987
- State
- Idaho
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4448411541019870804
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- Local Fire Number not provided in FireStat
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 Idaho in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Crk Fire | 62,881 | ||
| Indian Tub Fire | 19,074 | ||
| Bear Fire | 12,530 | ||
| Harrington Fire | 12,048 | Sep 2, 1987 | |
| Gun Club Fire | 7,903 | ||
| Airbase Fire | 7,733 | ||
| Mann Creek Fire | 6,015 | Sep 2, 1987 | |
| Farrow Creek Fire | 5,838 | Sep 20, 1987 | |
| Crater II Fire | 5,498 | ||
| Cove Fire | 5,371 | ||
| Anchor Fire | 5,220 | Sep 2, 1987 | |
| Sob Fire | 5,144 | Sep 18, 1987 |
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. 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.