Ota 9 Fire
The Ota 9 Fire burned 5,111 acres in Ada County, Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on August 20, 1994, and contained on August 20, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,111 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1994
- Contained
- August 20, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 5,114 acres, mapped by digitized-topo. Point of origin as reported, 43.248, -116.073.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,111 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,114 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1994, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Ada County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-587126
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
- Note on the perimeter
- OTA; Provided by Mtn. Home AFB
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 |
| Chicken Complex | 84,677 | Aug 11, 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 |
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.