Rough Diamonds Fire
The Rough Diamonds Fire burned 8,904 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho, in 2001. It was discovered on August 26, 2001, and contained on September 3, 2001. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 8,904 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2001
- Contained
- September 3, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,748 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.111, -116.651.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,904 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,748 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,914 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2001, 9:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Owyhee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4307711665420010826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-104410
- 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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowshoe Fire | 23,647 | Jul 24, 2001 | Natural |
| Willow Creek Fire | 18,047 | Sep 3, 2001 | Human |
| Notch Butte Fire | 11,198 | Jul 4, 2001 | Natural |
| Bacon Pond Fire | 11,058 | Jun 24, 2001 | Human |
| Big Knob Fire | 8,767 | Jul 15, 2001 | Natural |
| Main Heglar Fire | 6,472 | Jul 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Doe Flat Fire | 6,263 | Jul 27, 2001 | Natural |
| Mp 47-HIGHWAY 51 Fire | 5,928 | Aug 12, 2001 | Human |
| North Slater Fire | 4,282 | Jul 17, 2001 | Human |
| Lone Pine Fire | 4,213 | Sep 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Sublett Reservoir Fire | 3,873 | Aug 13, 2001 | Natural |
| Sublett Res Fire | 3,871 |
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.