Cave Canyon Fire
The Cave Canyon Fire burned 88,909 acres in Cassia County, Idaho, in 2012. It was discovered on August 5, 2012, and contained on August 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 88,909 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2012
- Contained
- August 23, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 84,831 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.278, -114.060.
The record
- Reported final size
- 88,909 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 84,831 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 88,943 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2012, 8:47 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Cassia County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSTF
- Part of
- Minidoka Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-IDBUD-000423
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4227711406020120805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1509252
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Part of the Minidoka Complex.Acres burned by Little Cedar Canyon fire included in this fire report. Cave Canyon engulfed Little Cedar fire during first burn period.
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustang Complex | 275,960 | Jul 30, 2012 | Natural |
| Kinyon Road Fire | 210,874 | Jul 7, 2012 | Natural |
| Halstead Fire | 181,948 | Jul 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Trinity Ridge Fire | 146,832 | Aug 3, 2012 | Human |
| Flat Top 2 Fire | 140,954 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Lost Packer Fire | 53,628 | ||
| Jacks Fire | 48,894 | Jul 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Sheep Fire | 48,626 | Sep 6, 2012 | Human |
| Mcguire Complex | 43,577 | Aug 28, 2012 | Natural |
| Owinza Fire | 34,507 | Jul 22, 2012 | Natural |
| Benwalk Fire | 29,100 | Jul 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Fern Fire | 25,873 | Jul 28, 2012 | 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.