West Fork Fire
The West Fork Fire burned 1,176 acres in Idaho, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to October 16, 1991.
- Size
- 1,176 acres
- Ignition
- October 16, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,176 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.497, -113.813.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,176 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,497 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 16, 1991
- State
- Idaho
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4347911382819911016
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Pk Fire | 9,751 | Aug 23, 1991 | |
| Rush Creek Fire | 8,313 | Aug 14, 1991 | |
| Hansel Mountain Fire | 6,382 | Jul 15, 1991 | |
| Garden Pk Fire | 5,648 | Aug 23, 1991 | |
| 3 Creek Well Fire | 4,063 | Jul 14, 1991 | |
| Rackliff Fire | 3,768 | Sep 24, 1991 | |
| Sw Split Fire | 3,687 | Aug 23, 1991 | |
| Jarbidge Fire | 3,604 | Jul 13, 1991 | |
| Blacktail Fire | 3,401 | Aug 8, 1991 | |
| Red Canyon Fire | 3,262 | Aug 20, 1991 | |
| Wheatgrass Fire | 3,141 | Aug 26, 1991 | |
| Mckim Fire | 3,095 | Aug 25, 1991 |
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.