Calf Creek Fire
The Calf Creek Fire burned 1,521 acres in Idaho, in 1997. It was discovered on August 20, 1997, and contained on August 22, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,521 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1997
- Contained
- August 22, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,548 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.063, -115.107.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,521 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,548 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1997, 5:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 1997, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4305911496419970820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-11102
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 | ||
| HY26MP159 Fire | 1,478 | Aug 21, 1997 | Human |
| Airbase Fire | 1,310 | Sep 14, 1997 | Human |
| Canyon Creek Fire | 1,108 | Jun 21, 1997 | Human |
| Meadow Creek Fire | 998 | Jul 8, 1997 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.