Rabbit Creek #1 Fire
The Rabbit Creek #1 Fire burned 146,400 acres in Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on July 28, 1994, and contained on October 8, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 146,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1994
- Contained
- October 8, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 149,958 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.782, -115.628.
The record
- Reported final size
- 146,400 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 149,958 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1994, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 8, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Part of
- Idaho City Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-292938
- Note on the perimeter
- Local Fire Number not provided in FireStat
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.