Jim Burns Fire
The Jim Burns Fire burned 5,237 acres in Lincoln County, Idaho, in 2002. It was discovered on July 7, 2002, and contained on July 8, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,237 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2002
- Contained
- July 8, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,052 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.167, -114.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,237 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,052 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,228 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2002, 11:46 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2002, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDTFD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4318911416120020707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-108877
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Butte Fire | 10,422 | Aug 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Owinza Fire | 8,874 | Oct 8, 2002 | |
| Horse Skin Fire | 8,140 | Jul 25, 2002 | Natural |
| Jack Knife Fire | 6,786 | Jul 8, 2002 | Natural |
| Frank Church Complex (Little Horse) Fire | 4,965 | Aug 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Clot Fire | 4,218 | Jul 22, 2002 | Natural |
| Chip Fire | 3,629 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Grinder Fire | 3,459 | Jun 26, 2002 | Natural |
| Kimama Fire | 3,433 | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| Kelly Creek Fire | 3,359 | Aug 18, 2002 | Human |
| Big Crow Fire | 2,800 | Jul 15, 2002 | Natural |
| Web Fire | 2,583 | Jul 8, 2002 | 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.