Chimney Complex
The Chimney Complex burned 51,000 acres in Idaho, in 2007. It was discovered on July 13, 2007, and contained on August 21, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 51,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2007
- Contained
- August 21, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 50,612 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.987, -116.898.
The record
- Reported final size
- 51,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 50,612 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 51,309 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2007, 7:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 21, 2007, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDCWD
- Part of
- Chimney Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-IDCWD-043011
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4605311687720070713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1457574
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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 | ||
| 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.