Wildfires of 2000

Mp 78 I-84 Fire

2000Elmore County, IdahoWildfire

The Mp 78 I-84 Fire burned 2,543 acres in Elmore County, Idaho, in 2000. It was discovered on July 23, 2000, and contained on July 24, 2000. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
2,543 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2000
Contained
July 24, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.303, -115.908.

The record

Reported final size
2,543 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,614 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,545 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2000, 6:20 p.m. local time
Contained
July 24, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Idaho
County
Elmore County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Boise District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
ID4327011588620000723
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-95209
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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Clear Creek Divide Complex (Clear Creek) Fire172,135Jul 10, 2000Natural
Diamond Complex (Diamond Peak) Fire149,772Jul 31, 2000Natural
Flossie Complex74,998Jul 31, 2000Natural
Coffee Point Fire68,952Jul 26, 2000Natural
Burgdorf Junction Fire64,631Jul 14, 2000Natural
Maloney Creek Fire64,510Aug 11, 2000Natural
Salmon Challis Wilderness Complex (Little Pistol) Fire63,760Aug 11, 2000Natural
Aperejo Fire55,279
Coffee Point North Fire36,041Jul 26, 2000
Grass Fire35,613Aug 5, 2000Natural
Trail Creek Fire35,238Aug 15, 2000Natural
Oregon Trail Fire31,316Aug 7, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 Idaho fire history

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.