Power Station Fire
The Power Station Fire burned 3,026 acres in Lincoln County, Idaho, in 2009. It was discovered on September 27, 2009, and contained on September 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,026 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2009
- Contained
- September 28, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,201 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.856, -114.433.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,026 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,201 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,023 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2009, 3:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 28, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDTFD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-IDSHD-000398
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4285411436420090927
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-594762
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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.