Cascade Complex (Monumental) Fire
The Cascade Complex (Monumental) Fire burned 174,231 acres in Valley County, Idaho, in 2007. It was discovered on July 17, 2007, and contained on September 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 174,231 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2007
- Contained
- September 25, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 317,014 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.495, -115.697.
The record
- Reported final size
- 174,231 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 317,014 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 174,235 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2007, 6:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 2007, 6:00 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
- Cascade Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Riordon, North Fork, Sandy, Yellow
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-IDBOF-000574
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4475011554820070717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456208
- Note on the perimeter
- CASCADE COMPLEX - THE MONUMENTAL FIRE WAS THE FIRE THAT HAD CONSUMED ALL OTHERS. SANDY, RIORDON, YELLOW, N.FORK ACRES WERE SEPERATE FIRES. ACREAGE PAYETTE - 34,263 SALMON-CHALLIS - 62,768 PRIVATE -320, BOISE 194,496
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 | ||
| 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 |
| North Fork Fire | 48,144 |
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.