Powell Complex (Fern Creek) Fire
The Powell Complex (Fern Creek) Fire burned 3,078 acres in Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on August 13, 1994, and contained on September 3, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,078 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 1994
- Contained
- September 3, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,118 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.437, -114.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,078 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,118 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,078 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 1994, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 1994, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDNCF
- Part of
- Powell Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-IDNCF-000219
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4644911445519940813
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-287381
- Note on the perimeter
- changed 2/23/07
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. 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.