Spring Canyon Fire
The Spring Canyon Fire burned 1,509 acres in Idaho, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to September 26, 1987.
- Size
- 1,509 acres
- Ignition
- September 26, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,509 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.458, -111.203.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,509 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,599 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 26, 1987
- State
- Idaho
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDCTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4345811120319870926
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- Spring Canyon
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 | ||
| Deadwood Fire | 57,030 | Aug 4, 1987 | |
| 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 |
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.