Clover Road Fire
The Clover Road Fire burned 2,477 acres in Gooding County, Idaho, in 2010. It was discovered on July 10, 2010, and contained on July 14, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,477 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2010
- Contained
- July 14, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,610 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.042, -114.966.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,477 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,610 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,475 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2010, 11:39 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 14, 2010, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Gooding 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
- 2010-IDSHD-000204
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4304911497920100710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-605321
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Butte Fire | 306,113 | Aug 21, 2010 | Natural |
| Jefferson Fire | 108,855 | Jul 13, 2010 | Human |
| Crowbar Fire | 29,508 | Aug 5, 2010 | Natural |
| Black Butte Fire | 16,126 | Jun 29, 2010 | Natural |
| Middle Butte Fire | 14,058 | Aug 27, 2010 | Human |
| Mule Creek Fire | 13,745 | Aug 20, 2010 | Human |
| Rooster Rock Fire | 12,474 | Aug 5, 2010 | Natural |
| Big Draw Fire | 12,389 | Aug 6, 2010 | Natural |
| Sailor Creek Fire | 9,837 | Jun 29, 2010 | Natural |
| Bear Trap Fire | 7,261 | Aug 6, 2010 | Natural |
| Bowen Fire | 6,663 | Aug 21, 2010 | Human |
| Laid Law Fire | 5,559 | Aug 5, 2010 | 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.