Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 13,091 acres in Ada County, Idaho, in 1996. It was discovered on August 22, 1996, and contained on August 22, 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to June 7, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 13,091 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 1996
- Contained
- August 22, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,728 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.186, -116.047.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,091 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,728 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,092 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 1996, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 7, 1996
- Contained
- August 22, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Ada County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4321811605019960607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-587231
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
- Note on the perimeter
- OTA; Provided by Mtn. Home AFB
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 |
| Tip Top Fire | 16,261 | Oct 5, 1996 | Human |
| Salt Complex (Sheep Creek) Fire | 16,100 | Aug 14, 1996 | 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.