Patrol/Bear Creek Fire
The Patrol/Bear Creek Fire burned 1,744 acres in Idaho, in 1992. It was discovered on August 19, 1992, and contained on October 27, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,744 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1992
- Contained
- October 27, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,720 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.435, -114.928.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,744 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,720 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1992, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 27, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Payette National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDPAF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-263690
- Note on the perimeter
- FireStat acres is 1744
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. 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.