Porcupine Fire
The Porcupine Fire burned 2,250 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2008. It was discovered on August 18, 2008, and contained on October 21, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 10, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,250 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008
- Contained
- October 21, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,017 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.721, -115.098.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,017 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,142 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2008, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 10, 2008
- Contained
- October 21, 2008, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Idaho County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDNCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-IDNCF-000076
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4573411508920080810
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1471209
- Note on the perimeter
- Added 2/25/09
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Barker Wfu Fire | 37,725 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| North Minidoka Fire | 31,616 | Aug 18, 2008 | Human |
| Nature Fire | 14,869 | Aug 27, 2008 | Human |
| Neibaur Fire | 7,831 | Jul 27, 2008 | Human |
| Shoshone Basin Fire | 6,773 | Sep 29, 2008 | Human |
| Willow Wfu Fire | 5,664 | Jul 14, 2008 | Natural |
| Cabin Creek Fire | 5,500 | Jul 30, 2008 | Human |
| Border Complex (Cayuse) Fire | 5,311 | Jul 18, 2008 | Natural |
| Central Grade Fire | 4,862 | Jul 10, 2008 | Human |
| Westy Fire | 4,320 | Aug 11, 2008 | Natural |
| Sand Shed Fire | 3,847 | Aug 1, 2008 | Human |
| Snow Hole Fire | 2,967 | Aug 8, 2008 | Natural |
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.