Owinza Fire
The Owinza Fire burned 8,874 acres in Idaho, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to October 8, 2002.
- Size
- 8,874 acres
- Ignition
- October 8, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,874 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.955, -114.017.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,874 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 8, 2002
- State
- Idaho
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4296411404620021008
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Idaho in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Butte Fire | 10,422 | Aug 4, 2002 | Natural |
| 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 | |
| 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
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.