Southfork Complex (Van Meter) Fire
The Southfork Complex (Van Meter) Fire burned 3,300 acres in Valley County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 7, 2006, and contained on October 23, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,300 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2006
- Contained
- October 23, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,800 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.974, -115.502.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,800 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,292 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 23, 2006, 2:53 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Valley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Payette National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDPAF
- Part of
- South Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4500811547920060807
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1445069
- Note on the perimeter
- FireStat LOCAL_FIRE_NUMBER is 027, FIRE_NUMBER is 27
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.