Bitterroot Fire Use Complex (Magruder Mtn 1) Fire
The Bitterroot Fire Use Complex (Magruder Mtn 1) Fire burned 6,233 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2007. It was discovered on July 14, 2007, and contained on October 26, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,233 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2007
- Contained
- October 26, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,030 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.517, -114.884.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,233 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,030 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2007, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 6, 2007
- Contained
- October 26, 2007, 12:07 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bitterroot National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Bitterroot Fire Use Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- El Capitan West, Magruder Mtn #1, Elkhorn Ridge, Patsy Anne, South Saddle Gulch, Harrington Mtn, Snake Creek
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4568011472320070706
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456365
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Complex | 367,785 | Jul 21, 2007 | Natural |
| Rowland Fire | 217,512 | ||
| Cascade Complex (Monumental) Fire | 174,231 | Jul 17, 2007 | Natural |
| East Zone Complex (Raines) Fire | 120,077 | Jul 14, 2007 | Natural |
| Rattlesnake Fire | 102,000 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Raines Fire | 78,587 | ||
| Black Pine 2 Fire | 72,361 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Shower Bath Complex (Red Bluff) Fire | 62,591 | Jul 17, 2007 | Natural |
| Shower Bath Complex (Shower Bath) Fire | 60,009 | Aug 1, 2007 | Natural |
| Poe Cabin Fire | 58,520 | Jul 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Riordon Fire | 54,081 | ||
| Chimney Complex | 51,000 | Jul 13, 2007 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
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.