Wildfires of 2011

Hwy 46 MM 103 Fire

2011Gooding County, IdahoWildfire

The Hwy 46 MM 103 Fire burned 4,982 acres in Gooding County, Idaho, in 2011. It was discovered on September 1, 2011, and contained on September 2, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
4,982 acres
Discovered
September 1, 2011
Contained
September 2, 2011
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,110 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.808, -114.704.

The record

Reported final size
4,982 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,110 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
4,977 acres
Discovered
September 1, 2011, 1:33 p.m. local time
Contained
September 2, 2011, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Idaho
County
Gooding County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Twin Falls District
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
IDIDS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2011-IDSHD-000462
MTBS fire identifier
ID4280911470420110901
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-626670
Perimeter map method
GPS-Flight
Note on the perimeter
Human

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 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Big Hill Fire67,061Aug 14, 2011Natural
T17 Fire50,176Aug 25, 2011
Blair Fire39,577Aug 14, 2011Natural
Saddle Complex32,670Aug 10, 2011Natural
Salt Fire24,501Aug 25, 2011Natural
Grindstone Fire21,604Oct 1, 2011Natural
Windmill Fire17,382Aug 4, 2011Natural
Southsim Fire15,775Aug 15, 2011Human
Double A Fire13,131Aug 4, 2011Natural
Union Fire10,527Aug 15, 2011Natural
Hot Springs 2 Fire10,394Oct 1, 2011Natural
East Fork Fire10,000Aug 10, 2011Natural

Every fire of 2011 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. 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.