Fritz Spur Fire
The Fritz Spur Fire burned 2,109 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1999. It was discovered on August 17, 1999, and contained on August 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,109 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 1999
- Contained
- August 18, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,218 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.666, -115.576.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,109 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,218 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,053 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 1999, 4:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 1999, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Owyhee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4264811559619990817
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-2863
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule Butte Fire | 132,208 | Aug 3, 1999 | Natural |
| Cedar Butte Fire | 49,364 | Jul 20, 1999 | Natural |
| Ineel Fire | 43,532 | Aug 21, 1999 | |
| East Slick Fire | 35,041 | Aug 30, 1999 | Human |
| Grandview Fire | 23,007 | Sep 18, 1999 | Natural |
| Wedge Butte Fire | 16,266 | Jul 11, 1999 | Human |
| Norton Creek Fire | 7,878 | Aug 25, 1999 | Natural |
| West Shoofly Fire | 7,502 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Whiskey Butte Fire | 7,187 | Jun 24, 1999 | Natural |
| Middle Butte Fire | 6,908 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Buck N Doe Fire | 6,455 | Aug 3, 1999 | Natural |
| Broken Wagon Fire | 5,026 | Aug 12, 1999 | 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.