Murphy Complex
The Murphy Complex burned 367,785 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho, in 2007. It was discovered on July 21, 2007, and contained on August 26, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 367,785 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2007
- Contained
- August 26, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 567,212 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.037, -115.109.
The record
- Reported final size
- 367,785 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 567,212 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 578,404 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2007, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Owyhee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDTFD
- Part of
- Murphy Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Rowland, Elk Mountain, Smiths Crossing
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-IDTFD-002017
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4216011532120070721
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-554685
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Nevada name Murphy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.