Wildfires of 2010

Dodge Fire

2010Idaho County, IdahoWildfire

The Dodge Fire burned 1,225 acres in Idaho County, Idaho, in 2010. It was discovered on August 7, 2010, and contained on October 26, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,225 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2010
Contained
October 26, 2010
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,223 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.376, -114.841.

The record

Reported final size
1,225 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,223 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2010, 4:07 p.m. local time
Contained
October 26, 2010, 6:59 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Idaho
County
Idaho County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
IDNCF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2010-IDNCF-000035
Fire occurrence record
FS-1489208

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

FireAcresStartCause
Long Butte Fire306,113Aug 21, 2010Natural
Jefferson Fire108,855Jul 13, 2010Human
Crowbar Fire29,508Aug 5, 2010Natural
Black Butte Fire16,126Jun 29, 2010Natural
Middle Butte Fire14,058Aug 27, 2010Human
Mule Creek Fire13,745Aug 20, 2010Human
Rooster Rock Fire12,474Aug 5, 2010Natural
Big Draw Fire12,389Aug 6, 2010Natural
Sailor Creek Fire9,837Jun 29, 2010Natural
Bear Trap Fire7,261Aug 6, 2010Natural
Bowen Fire6,663Aug 21, 2010Human
Laid Law Fire5,559Aug 5, 2010Natural

Every fire of 2010 Idaho fire history

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. 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.