Foothills Fire
The Foothills Fire burned 177,544 acres in Idaho, in 1992. It was discovered on August 19, 1992, and contained on September 10, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 177,544 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1992
- Contained
- September 10, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 228,509 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.480, -115.688.
The record
- Reported final size
- 177,544 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 228,509 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 229,852 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1992, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Indian 2
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4351911570619920819
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-262119
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Local Fire Number not provided in FireStat. Disparity between reported acres in FireSTAT and GIS acres. MTBS reports acreage as 228,631.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dunnigan 2 Fire | 12,860 | Sep 2, 1992 | Human |
| 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.