Soda Fire
The Soda Fire burned 1,317 acres in Idaho, in 1998. It was discovered on August 21, 1998, and contained on September 21, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,317 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 1998
- Contained
- September 21, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,187 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.912, -114.677.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,317 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,187 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,315 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 1998, 6:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 21, 1998, 4:57 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4493911465319980821
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-337135
- 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 |
| 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 |
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.