Summitlake Fire
The Summitlake Fire burned 2,500 acres in Valley County, Idaho, in 2006. It was discovered on August 20, 2006, and contained on September 10, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2006
- Contained
- September 10, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,479 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.646, -115.576.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,479 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,681 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2006, 6:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Valley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Boise National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOF
- Part of
- Rattlesnake Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-IDBOF-000180
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4466011558520060820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1443177
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.