Kelly Creek Fire
The Kelly Creek Fire burned 3,359 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2002. It was discovered on August 18, 2002, and contained on September 28, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,359 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2002
- Contained
- September 28, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,393 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.425, -116.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,359 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,393 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,252 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 28, 2002, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- 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
- 2002-IDNCF-000085
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4542611611220020818
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-379140
- Note on the perimeter
- unsure of acre discrepancy
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 |
| Jim Burns Fire | 5,237 | Jul 7, 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 | |
| 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.