Meadow Creek Fire
The Meadow Creek Fire burned 1,072 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 1999. It was discovered on September 24, 1999, and contained on October 8, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,072 acres
- Discovered
- September 24, 1999
- Contained
- October 8, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.956, -115.249.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,072 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 648 acres
- Discovered
- September 24, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 8, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDNCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-IDNCF-000155
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-341373
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- WL 44
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. 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.