Cherry Fire
The Cherry Fire burned 54,350 acres in Washington County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 10, 2006, and contained on August 18, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 54,350 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2006
- Contained
- August 18, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 54,396 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 44.211, -116.337.
The record
- Reported final size
- 54,350 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 54,396 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2006, 7:26 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDBOD
- Part of
- Ola Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-IDFRD-002129
- Fire occurrence record
- W-536473
- 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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Fire | 220,042 | Aug 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Sailor Cap Fire | 61,929 | Aug 23, 2006 | Human |
| 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 | ||
| Potato Fire | 18,236 | Jul 27, 2006 | 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. 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.