Thunderbolt Fire
The Thunderbolt Fire burned 13,400 acres in Idaho, in 1994. It was discovered on August 8, 1994, and contained on October 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 13,400 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 1994
- Contained
- October 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 21,411 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.723, -115.652.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,400 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,411 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 1994, 1:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 30, 1994, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-292974
- Note on the perimeter
- Local Fire Number not provided in FireStat. Disparity between reported acres in FireSTAT and GIS acres. MTBS reports acreage as 26,094. Reported in FireStat as both Boise and Payette NF fires - dif fire numb for each one but same origin/ start day
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 |
| 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.