Tuana Complex
The Tuana Complex burned 64,193 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on July 29, 1995, and contained on August 1, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 64,193 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 1995
- Contained
- August 1, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 80,611 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.528, -115.464.
The record
- Reported final size
- 64,193 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 80,611 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 61,163 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 1995, 7:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 1995, 6:00 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
- Part of
- Tuana Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- S. Clover, Inside Des
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4243011543019950729
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-23028
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
- Perimeter records
- 5 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- F064/F068/F069
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.