Flint Canyon Fire
The Flint Canyon Fire burned 1,150 acres in Power County, Idaho, in 2012. It was discovered on September 6, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,150 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,142 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 42.459, -112.908.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,150 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,142 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2012, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Power County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Power County
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDPRI
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-IDPOD-012045
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2012_ID-2PN-012045
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 |
| Cave Canyon Fire | 88,909 | 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 |
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.