Highway 46 Fire
The Highway 46 Fire burned 1,104 acres in Gooding County, Idaho, in 2009. It was discovered on September 19, 2009, and contained on September 20, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,104 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2009
- Contained
- September 20, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,207 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.081, -114.684.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,104 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,207 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,103 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2009, 2:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 20, 2009, 7:35 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Gooding County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDIDS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-IDSHD-000376
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4308511465720090919
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-594109
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Driven
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 20096
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Station Fire | 3,026 | Sep 27, 2009 | Human |
| Nugget Fire | 1,534 | Sep 26, 2009 | Human |
| Eightmile Creek Fire | 1,264 | Jul 12, 2009 | Natural |
| Sand Hallow Fire | 1,262 | Aug 26, 2009 | Human |
| West End Fire | 1,252 | Oct 11, 2009 | Human |
| Slide Fire | 1,150 | Sep 3, 2009 | 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.