Wildfires of 1995

Unnamed Fire

1995IdahoWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 800 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on July 29, 1995, and contained on July 29, 1995. MTBS dates its ignition to August 9, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
800 acres
Discovered
July 29, 1995
Contained
July 29, 1995
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,379 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.952, -113.652.

The record

Reported final size
800 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,379 acres
Discovered
July 29, 1995, 4:30 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
August 9, 1995
Contained
July 29, 1995, 10:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Idaho
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Twin Falls District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
ID4294811364919950809
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-23235
Note on the perimeter
Discovered fire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Tuana Complex64,193Jul 29, 1995Natural
Twin Butte Fire30,237Jul 28, 1995Natural
Bear Trap Fire20,500Aug 7, 1995Human
Blue Gulch Fire15,234Jul 30, 1995Natural
S. Clover Fire13,319
Point Fire11,622Jul 28, 1995Natural
Signal Butte Fire6,698Oct 15, 1995Human
Initial Pt Fire6,237Jul 2, 1995Human
INEEL Fire5,953
Laidlaw Fire5,478Aug 22, 1995Natural
Crossroad Fire4,291Sep 2, 1995Natural
Blackfoot Fire3,980Oct 7, 1995Human

Every fire of 1995 Idaho fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.