Ridge Top Fire
The Ridge Top Fire burned 16,613 acres in Bingham County, Idaho, in 2012. It was discovered on July 27, 2012, and contained on August 3, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 16,613 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2012
- Contained
- August 3, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,785 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.181, -112.136.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,613 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,785 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 16,619 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Bingham County
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Falls District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDFHA
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Stevens Peak
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-IDIFD-012009
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4318111213620120727
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-642209
- 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.