Bear Fire
The Bear Fire burned 2,174 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2003. It was discovered on August 20, 2003, and contained on November 3, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,174 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2003
- Contained
- November 3, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,973 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.097, -114.709.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,174 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,973 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,174 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2003, 4:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 3, 2003, 9:00 a.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
- Part of
- Cayuse Lake Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-IDNCF-000163
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4609811469220030820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-387222
- Note on the perimeter
- Spatial - Nez GIS; Tabular - KCFAST
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Fire | 37,843 | Aug 5, 2003 | Natural |
| Hot Creek Fire | 26,560 | Jul 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Middle Fork Complex (Falconberry) Fire | 25,007 | Aug 10, 2003 | Human |
| Owinza Fire | 15,789 | May 30, 2003 | |
| Tobias Fire | 13,843 | Jul 12, 2003 | Human |
| Beaver Lake Complex (Beaver Lakes) Fire | 12,467 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Menan Fire | 12,068 | Aug 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Slims Complex (Slims) Fire | 12,011 | Jul 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Cayuse Lake Complex (Pettibone Creek) Fire | 11,833 | Aug 21, 2003 | Natural |
| Withington Fire | 10,567 | Aug 11, 2003 | Natural |
| Sapp (Sapp) Fire | 9,674 | Aug 9, 2003 | Natural |
| Black Frog Complex (Frog Pond) Fire | 7,275 | Jul 12, 2003 | 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.