West End Fire
The West End Fire burned 1,252 acres in Minidoka County, Idaho, in 2009. It was discovered on October 11, 2009, and contained on October 12, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,252 acres
- Discovered
- October 11, 2009
- Contained
- October 12, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,665 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.654, -113.991.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,252 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,665 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,250 acres
- Discovered
- October 11, 2009, 12:36 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 12, 2009, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Minidoka County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDBRL
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4265711396320091011
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-595948
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked and 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 |
| 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.