Lakes Fire
The Lakes Fire burned 1,000 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on August 6, 1995, and contained on August 15, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 1995
- Contained
- August 15, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 43.655, -115.498.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 710 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 1995, 1:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 1995, 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-304522
- 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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuana Complex | 64,193 | Jul 29, 1995 | Natural |
| Twin Butte Fire | 30,237 | Jul 28, 1995 | Natural |
| Bear Trap Fire | 20,500 | Aug 7, 1995 | Human |
| 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 |
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.