Portneufwestbench RX
The Portneufwestbench RX burned 2,252 acres in Idaho, in 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to April 15, 2009.
- Size
- 2,252 acres
- Ignition
- April 15, 2009
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,252 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.717, -112.395.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,252 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 15, 2009
- State
- Idaho
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4271711239520090415
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Idaho in 20097
| 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 |
| Highway 46 Fire | 1,104 | Sep 19, 2009 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.