Ladder Camp Fire
The Ladder Camp Fire burned 7,558 acres in Idaho, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to August 24, 1988.
- Size
- 7,558 acres
- Ignition
- August 24, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,558 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.645, -114.989.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,558 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 24, 1988
- State
- Idaho
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4565911500219880824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Idaho in 198812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Fire | 48,138 | Aug 24, 1988 | |
| Sliver Creek Fire | 45,068 | Jul 11, 1988 | |
| Ladder Fire | 42,334 | Aug 13, 1988 | |
| Battleaxe Fire | 39,516 | ||
| Cabin Fire | 25,883 | Jun 25, 1988 | |
| Freeman Trail Fire | 19,497 | Aug 11, 1988 | |
| North Fork Fire | 14,407 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 14,349 | Sep 4, 1988 | |
| Footstool Fire | 12,743 | Aug 14, 1988 | |
| Metcalf Fire | 11,937 | Aug 10, 1988 | |
| Brkn Wagon Fire | 9,901 | Aug 24, 1988 | |
| Mccarte Ridge Fire | 8,311 | Jul 5, 1988 |
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. 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.