Airbase Fire
The Airbase Fire burned 1,310 acres in Idaho, in 1997. It was discovered on September 14, 1997, and contained on September 15, 1997. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,310 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 1997
- Contained
- September 15, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,177 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.024, -115.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,310 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,177 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,110 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 1997, 11:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 1997, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4300811589919970914
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-10917
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
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 199711
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 55 Fire | 9,207 | Oct 1, 1997 | Human |
| Indian Ridge Fire | 2,400 | Sep 1, 1997 | Natural |
| East Butte Fire | 2,218 | Aug 23, 1997 | Natural |
| Colt Fire | 1,888 | Aug 21, 1997 | Natural |
| Blue Gulch Fire | 1,823 | Sep 9, 1997 | Natural |
| Bray Fire | 1,797 | Aug 20, 1997 | Natural |
| Calf Creek Fire | 1,633 | ||
| Calf Creek Fire | 1,521 | Aug 20, 1997 | Natural |
| HY26MP159 Fire | 1,478 | Aug 21, 1997 | Human |
| Canyon Creek Fire | 1,108 | Jun 21, 1997 | Human |
| Meadow Creek Fire | 998 | Jul 8, 1997 | 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.