South Pot Fire
The South Pot Fire burned 1,086 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho, in 2004. It was discovered on August 1, 2004, and contained on August 2, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,086 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2004
- Contained
- August 2, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,091 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.850, -115.488.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,086 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,091 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,086 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2004, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Owyhee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDTFD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-IDJRD-002071
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4287011551220040801
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-123209
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 | ||
| Porter Wfu Fire | 2,911 | Jul 17, 2004 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,112 | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| North Star Butte Fire | 1,030 | Aug 13, 2004 | Natural |
| Bear Spring Fire | 1,005 | Aug 13, 2004 | 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.