Waterfall Fire
The Waterfall Fire burned 2,200 acres in Idaho, in 1995. It was discovered on September 4, 1995, and contained on December 15, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 1995
- Contained
- December 15, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,960 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.118, -114.713.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,960 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,302 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 1995, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 15, 1995, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4511711470419950904
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-305167
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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. 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.