Heavens Gate Complex (Black Butte) Fire
The Heavens Gate Complex (Black Butte) Fire burned 33,000 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 22, 2006, and contained on October 27, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to August 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 33,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006
- Contained
- October 27, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 30,690 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.470, -115.886.
The record
- Reported final size
- 33,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 30,690 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 42,612 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 16, 2006
- Contained
- October 27, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- ORWWF
- Part of
- Heavens Gate Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-ORWWF-000117
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4550511588320060816
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1445351
- Perimeter map method
- Photogrammetric Compilation
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 | ||
| 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. 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.