Wildfires of 1994

Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex

1994IdahoWildfire

The Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex burned 115,659 acres in Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on August 2, 1994, and contained on October 31, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
115,659 acres
Discovered
August 2, 1994
Contained
October 31, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 139,998 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.115, -116.178.

The record

Reported final size
115,659 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
139,998 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
118,026 acres
Discovered
August 2, 1994, 12:00 p.m. local time
Contained
October 31, 1994, 8:00 a.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
Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Blackwell, Brush Lake
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
ID4515511602719940802
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-293751
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

FireAcresStartCause
Rabbit Creek #1 Fire146,400Jul 28, 1994Natural
Chicken Complex84,677Aug 11, 1994Natural
Blackwell Complex55,549
Star Gulch Fire30,655Aug 19, 1994Human
Point Well Fire21,470Jun 30, 1994Human
Butte City Fire21,433Jul 1, 1994Human
Hawley 2 Fire13,940Jul 27, 1994Natural
Thunderbolt Fire13,400Aug 8, 1994Natural
Cornish Fire12,568Aug 11, 1994Natural
West Spr Fire8,508
Unnamed Fire8,378May 11, 1994
Powell Complex (Freezeout) Fire8,212Aug 2, 1994Natural

Every fire of 1994 Idaho fire history

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.