Middle Fork Complex (Rush) Fire
The Middle Fork Complex (Rush) Fire burned 940 acres in Idaho, in 2003. It was discovered on August 24, 2003, and contained on December 9, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 940 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2003
- Contained
- December 9, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,475 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.551, -114.652.
The record
- Reported final size
- 940 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,475 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,714 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2003, 1:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 9, 2003, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSCF
- Part of
- Middle Fork Complex Idscf
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4455511461320030824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391660
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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.