Beaver Creek Fire
The Beaver Creek Fire burned 111,497 acres in Blaine County, Idaho, in 2013. It was discovered on August 7, 2013, and contained on September 30, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 111,497 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013
- Contained
- September 30, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 111,308 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.461, -114.562.
The record
- Reported final size
- 111,497 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 111,308 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 111,496 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2013, 6:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 30, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Blaine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Twin Falls District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDTFD
- Part of
- Beaver Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-IDSHD-000337
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4345711455020130807
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-658571
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- 1 primary residence destroyed in Greenhord drainage
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pony Complex | 135,231 | Aug 8, 2013 | Natural |
| Elk Complex | 129,730 | Aug 8, 2013 | Natural |
| Little Queens Fire | 23,406 | Aug 17, 2013 | Human |
| Mccan Fire | 23,389 | Aug 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Lodgepole Fire | 22,825 | Jul 20, 2013 | Natural |
| Raft Fire | 20,395 | Aug 29, 2013 | Natural |
| Kelley Fire | 17,349 | Aug 24, 2013 | Natural |
| Jim Brown Fire | 14,404 | Jul 1, 2013 | Natural |
| Thunder City Fire | 13,263 | Jul 19, 2013 | Natural |
| Southeast Red Bridge Fire | 9,499 | Jul 31, 2013 | Natural |
| Papoose Fire | 9,493 | Jul 8, 2013 | Natural |
| Hells Canyon Fire | 9,062 | Aug 29, 2013 | 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.