Grouse Creek Fire
The Grouse Creek Fire burned 4,130 acres in Idaho, in 1992. It was discovered on June 11, 1992, and contained on June 13, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,130 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1992
- Contained
- June 13, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,354 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.567, -115.927.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,130 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,354 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,354 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1992, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 13, 1992, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4356711591619920611
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-262157
- Perimeter map method
- Other Agency Digital
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter from MTBS
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 |
| 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 |
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.