3 Wells Fire
The 3 Wells Fire burned 5,504 acres in Lincoln County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on July 2, 2006, and contained on July 3, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,504 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2006
- Contained
- July 3, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,677 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.842, -114.540.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,504 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,677 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,499 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2006, 10:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 2006, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Lincoln 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
- 2006-IDSHD-001315
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4291311445920060702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-522759
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS'd again to fill in area where original GPS files failed in field
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Fire | 220,042 | Aug 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Sailor Cap Fire | 61,929 | Aug 23, 2006 | Human |
| Cherry Fire | 54,350 | Aug 10, 2006 | Natural |
| Rattlesnake Complex | 43,600 | Aug 20, 2006 | Natural |
| Red Mountain Fire | 35,482 | Aug 14, 2006 | Human |
| Middle Fork Complex | 35,122 | Aug 7, 2006 | Natural |
| Black Butte Fire | 33,380 | ||
| Heavens Gate Complex (Black Butte) Fire | 33,000 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Stone 2 Fire | 31,568 | Aug 5, 2006 | Natural |
| Southfork Complex (Cougar) Fire | 28,431 | Aug 7, 2006 | Natural |
| Owinza Fire | 26,622 | Aug 7, 2006 | Natural |
| Bowen Fire | 19,482 |
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.