East Butte Fire
The East Butte Fire burned 2,218 acres in Idaho, in 1997. It was discovered on August 23, 1997, and contained on August 24, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,218 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1997
- Contained
- August 24, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,674 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.420, -112.678.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,218 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,674 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,295 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1997, 1:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 1997, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4343511267719970823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-10977
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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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.