North Fork Complex (Sheepeater) Fire
The North Fork Complex (Sheepeater) Fire burned 5,954 acres in Idaho, in 1998. It was discovered on August 16, 1998, and contained on September 12, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,954 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 1998
- Contained
- September 12, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,692 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.377, -114.318.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,954 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,692 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,686 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 1998, 12:28 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSCF
- Part of
- North Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4536811434319980816
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-337029
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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 |
| Buckskin Fire | 9,918 | Sep 2, 1998 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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
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.