Taco Fire
The Taco Fire burned 3,350 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2001. It was discovered on August 5, 2001, and contained on October 9, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,350 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2001
- Contained
- October 9, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,555 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.448, -116.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,350 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,555 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,312 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2001, 2:07 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 9, 2001, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- 2001-IDNCF-000030
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4545011614520010805
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-366086
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 |
| Rough Diamonds Fire | 8,904 | Aug 26, 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 |
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.