Porter Wfu Fire
The Porter Wfu Fire burned 2,911 acres in Idaho, in 2004. It was discovered on July 17, 2004, and contained on October 25, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,911 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2004
- Contained
- October 25, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,757 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.476, -115.502.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,911 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,757 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2004, 8:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2004, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4445511547820040717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-402447
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 20045
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Fire | 3,615 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 2,112 | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| South Pot Fire | 1,086 | Aug 1, 2004 | Natural |
| North Star Butte Fire | 1,030 | Aug 13, 2004 | Natural |
| Bear Spring Fire | 1,005 | Aug 13, 2004 | 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. 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.