Chicken Complex
The Chicken Complex burned 84,677 acres in Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on August 11, 1994, and contained on October 31, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 84,677 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1994
- Contained
- October 31, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 107,945 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 45.295, -115.482.
The record
- Reported final size
- 84,677 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 107,945 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 31, 1994, 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
- Part of
- Porphyry South Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-293949
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Creek #1 Fire | 146,400 | Jul 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex | 115,659 | Aug 2, 1994 | Natural |
| Blackwell Complex | 55,549 | ||
| Star Gulch Fire | 30,655 | Aug 19, 1994 | Human |
| Point Well Fire | 21,470 | Jun 30, 1994 | Human |
| Butte City Fire | 21,433 | Jul 1, 1994 | Human |
| Hawley 2 Fire | 13,940 | Jul 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Thunderbolt Fire | 13,400 | Aug 8, 1994 | Natural |
| Cornish Fire | 12,568 | Aug 11, 1994 | Natural |
| West Spr Fire | 8,508 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 8,378 | May 11, 1994 | |
| Powell Complex (Freezeout) Fire | 8,212 | Aug 2, 1994 | 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.