Middle Fork Complex
The Middle Fork Complex burned 35,122 acres in Custer County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 7, 2006, and contained on November 13, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to August 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 35,122 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2006
- Contained
- November 13, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 33,857 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.525, -114.927.
The record
- Reported final size
- 35,122 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 33,857 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 35,284 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2006, 4:08 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 9, 2006
- Contained
- November 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Custer County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSCF
- Part of
- Middle Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4458911483020060809
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_ID-SCF-6358
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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. 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.