Dunnigan 2 Fire
The Dunnigan 2 Fire burned 12,860 acres in Idaho, in 1992. It was discovered on September 2, 1992, and contained on September 12, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 12,860 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1992
- Contained
- September 12, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,662 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.655, -115.967.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,860 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,662 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 12,867 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1992, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 1992, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4365211591419920902
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-262149
- 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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Fire | 177,544 | Aug 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Black Ridge Fire | 149,250 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Sagehen Fire | 39,562 | Aug 3, 1992 | Natural |
| Ro Fire | 25,039 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Crooked Creek Fire | 23,654 | Aug 20, 1992 | Natural |
| Potter Butte Fire | 19,225 | Aug 3, 1992 | Natural |
| Meadow Divide Fire | 18,443 | ||
| Windy Ridge Fire | 17,500 | Aug 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Porcupine Creek Fire | 13,925 | Aug 18, 1992 | Natural |
| Well Field Fire | 12,677 | Aug 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Cow Hollow 2 Fire | 12,265 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Great Rift Fire | 9,819 | Aug 3, 1992 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.