Tip Top Fire
The Tip Top Fire burned 16,261 acres in Idaho, in 1996. It was discovered on October 5, 1996, and contained on October 15, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 16,261 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 1996
- Contained
- October 15, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,180 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.417, -114.451.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,261 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,180 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 15,714 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 1996, 1:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 15, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4339611440319961005
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-16893
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 |
| Davis Mountain Fire | 19,818 | Jul 25, 1996 | Human |
| Coyote Butte Fire | 18,165 | Jul 30, 1996 | Natural |
| 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.