Frenchie Fire
The Frenchie Fire burned 10,610 acres in Washington County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 21, 2006, and contained on August 24, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,610 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2006
- Contained
- August 24, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,803 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.240, -116.473.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,610 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,803 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,620 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2006, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 2006, 3:00 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-IDFRD-002155
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4424111645420060821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-530878
- 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 |
| 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.