Heglar Canyon Fire
The Heglar Canyon Fire burned 1,920 acres in Idaho, in 1992. It was discovered on September 12, 1992, and contained on September 12, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,920 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 1992
- Contained
- September 12, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,636 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.477, -113.120.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,920 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,636 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 1992, 12:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 1992, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4245511317219920912
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-38717
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
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.