Radar Hill Fire
The Radar Hill Fire burned 1,800 acres in Clark County, Idaho, in 2012. It was discovered on August 25, 2012, and contained on August 28, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2012
- Contained
- August 28, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,837 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.265, -112.005.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,837 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,801 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2012, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDPRI
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-IDIFD-012038
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4426411200420120825
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-644156
- 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. 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.