Bear Trap Fire
The Bear Trap Fire burned 20,500 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on August 7, 1995, and contained on August 8, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 20,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 1995
- Contained
- August 8, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 22,470 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.808, -113.497.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 22,470 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,480 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 1995, 3:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 1995, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4284011339719950807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-23253
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuana Complex | 64,193 | Jul 29, 1995 | Natural |
| Twin Butte Fire | 30,237 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
| Blue Gulch Fire | 15,234 | Jul 30, 1995 | Natural |
| S. Clover Fire | 13,319 | ||
| Point Fire | 11,622 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
| Signal Butte Fire | 6,698 | Oct 15, 1995 | Human |
| Initial Pt Fire | 6,237 | Jul 2, 1995 | Human |
| INEEL Fire | 5,953 | ||
| Laidlaw Fire | 5,478 | Aug 22, 1995 | Natural |
| Crossroad Fire | 4,291 | Sep 2, 1995 | Natural |
| Blackfoot Fire | 3,980 | Oct 7, 1995 | Human |
| Pot Hole Fire | 3,842 | Jul 6, 1995 | 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. 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.