Point Fire
The Point Fire burned 11,622 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on July 28, 1995, and contained on July 29, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,622 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1995
- Contained
- July 29, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 10,740 acres, mapped by digitized-topo. Point of origin as reported, 43.383, -116.426.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,622 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,740 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1995, 6:29 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 29, 1995, 7:10 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-23020
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
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 | ||
| 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. 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.