Ship Island Fire
The Ship Island Fire burned 2,820 acres in Idaho, in 2011. It was discovered on August 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,820 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,820 acres, mapped by infrared interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 45.164, -114.670.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,820 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,820 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2011, 11:53 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1500322
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill Fire | 67,061 | Aug 14, 2011 | Natural |
| T17 Fire | 50,176 | Aug 25, 2011 | |
| Blair Fire | 39,577 | Aug 14, 2011 | Natural |
| Saddle Complex | 32,670 | Aug 10, 2011 | Natural |
| Salt Fire | 24,501 | Aug 25, 2011 | Natural |
| Grindstone Fire | 21,604 | Oct 1, 2011 | Natural |
| Windmill Fire | 17,382 | Aug 4, 2011 | Natural |
| Southsim Fire | 15,775 | Aug 15, 2011 | Human |
| Double A Fire | 13,131 | Aug 4, 2011 | Natural |
| Union Fire | 10,527 | Aug 15, 2011 | Natural |
| Hot Springs 2 Fire | 10,394 | Oct 1, 2011 | Natural |
| East Fork Fire | 10,000 | Aug 10, 2011 | 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. 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.