Owinza Fire
The Owinza Fire burned 15,789 acres in Idaho, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to May 30, 2003.
- Size
- 15,789 acres
- Ignition
- May 30, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,789 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.946, -114.008.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,789 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 30, 2003
- State
- Idaho
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4292611403520030530
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Moderate burn level manually set.
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 |
| 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 |
| South Fork Fire | 6,970 | Aug 10, 2003 | Human |
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.