Wildfires of 2010

Dove Spring Fire

2010Owyhee County, IdahoWildfire

The Dove Spring Fire burned 1,526 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho, in 2010. It was discovered on June 19, 2010, and contained on June 20, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,526 acres
Discovered
June 19, 2010
Contained
June 20, 2010
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,699 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.726, -115.351.

The record

Reported final size
1,526 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,699 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,526 acres
Discovered
June 19, 2010, 1:35 p.m. local time
Contained
June 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Idaho
County
Owyhee 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-IDJRD-000136
MTBS fire identifier
ID4273911534620100619
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-602666
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 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

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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.