East Zone Complex (Raines) Fire
The East Zone Complex (Raines) Fire burned 120,077 acres in Valley County, Idaho, in 2007. It was discovered on July 14, 2007, and contained on November 27, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 120,077 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2007
- Contained
- November 27, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 318,567 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.138, -115.856.
The record
- Reported final size
- 120,077 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 318,567 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 215,392 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2007, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 6, 2007
- Contained
- November 27, 2007, 11:35 a.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
- East Zone Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Zena Creek, Raines, Profile, Horton
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4510511570820070706
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456965
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Created from 09/18 data.
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 |
| 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.