Oregon Trail Fire
The Oregon Trail Fire burned 31,316 acres in Elmore County, Idaho, in 2000. It was discovered on August 7, 2000, and contained on August 10, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 31,316 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2000
- Contained
- August 10, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,558 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.254, -115.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 31,316 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 31,558 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 30,653 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2000, 12:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 10, 2000, 8:49 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Elmore County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDBOD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4320511555120000807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-96523
- 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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Divide Complex (Clear Creek) Fire | 172,135 | Jul 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Diamond Complex (Diamond Peak) Fire | 149,772 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Flossie Complex | 74,998 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Coffee Point Fire | 68,952 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Burgdorf Junction Fire | 64,631 | Jul 14, 2000 | Natural |
| Maloney Creek Fire | 64,510 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Salmon Challis Wilderness Complex (Little Pistol) Fire | 63,760 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Aperejo Fire | 55,279 | ||
| Coffee Point North Fire | 36,041 | Jul 26, 2000 | |
| Grass Fire | 35,613 | Aug 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Trail Creek Fire | 35,238 | Aug 15, 2000 | Natural |
| Salmon Challis Wilderness Complex (Butts) Fire | 26,040 | Jul 31, 2000 | 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.