Davis Mountain Fire
The Davis Mountain Fire burned 19,818 acres in Idaho, in 1996. It was discovered on July 25, 1996, and contained on July 30, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 19,818 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996
- Contained
- July 30, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,386 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.183, -114.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 19,818 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,386 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 19,778 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 30, 1996, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4316911493619960725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-16772
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coxs Well Fire | 206,203 | Aug 27, 1996 | Natural |
| Richfield Fire | 178,459 | Jul 3, 1996 | Natural |
| SwetCreek Fire | 38,710 | Jul 23, 1996 | Natural |
| 3 Creek Well Fire | 25,315 | Aug 20, 1996 | Human |
| Notch Butte Fire | 24,608 | Jul 2, 1996 | Human |
| Canyon Creek Fire | 23,024 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Browns Gulch Fire | 22,374 | Jul 3, 1996 | Natural |
| Bridge Fire | 20,000 | Aug 27, 1996 | Natural |
| Coyote Butte Fire | 18,165 | Jul 30, 1996 | Natural |
| Tip Top Fire | 16,261 | Oct 5, 1996 | Human |
| Salt Complex (Sheep Creek) Fire | 16,100 | Aug 14, 1996 | Natural |
| Eighth Street Fire | 15,304 |
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.