Buckskin Fire
The Buckskin Fire burned 9,918 acres in Idaho, in 1998. It was discovered on September 2, 1998, and contained on September 5, 1998. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 9,918 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1998
- Contained
- September 5, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,030 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.115, -112.309.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,918 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,030 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 1998, 9:25 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4312911224619980902
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-6103
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden 2 Fire | 22,989 | Jul 31, 1998 | Natural |
| Eagle Two Fire | 12,607 | Aug 31, 1998 | Natural |
| Pocatello Valley Fire | 8,595 | Sep 7, 1998 | Human |
| Main Salmon Complex (Rainier) Fire | 7,980 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Rock Rabbit Fire | 7,198 | Aug 11, 1998 | Natural |
| North Fork Complex (Sheepeater) Fire | 5,954 | Aug 16, 1998 | Natural |
| Main Salmon Complex (Bend Creek) Fire | 4,160 | Aug 12, 1998 | Natural |
| Laid Low Fire | 3,900 | Aug 23, 1998 | Natural |
| Schofield Fire | 3,825 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Arctic Creek Fire | 3,760 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Lone Pine Fire | 3,737 | Aug 10, 1998 | Natural |
| Spring Fire | 3,337 | Aug 20, 1998 | Natural |
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.