Sheep Lake Fire
The Sheep Lake Fire burned 2,302 acres in Idaho, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to September 16, 1989.
- Size
- 2,302 acres
- Ignition
- September 16, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,302 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.244, -114.519.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,302 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,921 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 16, 1989
- State
- Idaho
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4324411451919890916
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey Creek Fire | 47,660 | ||
| Eagle Bar Fire | 14,153 | ||
| Deer Creek Fire | 9,334 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Dollar Creek Fire | 9,323 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Partridge Fire | 8,726 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Deer Creek Fire | 8,409 | ||
| Star Butte Fire | 8,299 | Jul 20, 1989 | |
| Johnson Butte Fire | 7,516 | Jul 20, 1989 | |
| Lunch Creek Fire | 7,421 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Canyon Ck Fire | 6,899 | Jul 15, 1989 | |
| Whang Doodle Fire | 6,783 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Curren Fire | 6,392 | Jul 26, 1989 |
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.