Magic Waters Fire
The Magic Waters Fire burned 5,849 acres in Twin Falls County, Idaho, in 2005. It was discovered on June 22, 2005, and contained on June 24, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,849 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2005
- Contained
- June 24, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,269 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.667, -114.941.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,849 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,269 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,847 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2005, 12:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 24, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Twin Falls 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
- 2005-IDJRD-000647
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4268111502520050622
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-501004
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Fire | 192,846 | Jul 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Rupert Fire | 47,592 | Jul 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Valley Road Fire | 40,483 | Sep 3, 2005 | Human |
| Granite Complex | 36,800 | Aug 6, 2005 | Natural |
| Snake One Fire | 25,280 | Jul 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Laidlaw Butte Fire | 24,810 | Aug 10, 2005 | Human |
| Nine Shot Wfu Fire | 20,400 | Aug 26, 2005 | Natural |
| Round Butte Fire | 16,892 | Sep 16, 2005 | Human |
| Frank Church Wfu (West Fork and Joe) Fire | 13,866 | Aug 10, 2005 | Natural |
| Fort Hall Complex | 10,630 | Sep 4, 2005 | Human |
| Running Lake Fire | 10,307 | ||
| Brown Dune Fire | 9,133 | Jun 14, 2005 | 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.