Crescendo Fire
The Crescendo Fire burned 1,110 acres in Shoshone County, Idaho, in 2013. It was discovered on July 15, 2013, and contained on October 23, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,110 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2013
- Contained
- October 23, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,114 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.948, -115.756.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,110 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,114 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2013, 12:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 23, 2013, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Shoshone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Idaho Panhandle National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1518716
- Note on the perimeter
- blank
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 |
| Beaver Creek Fire | 111,497 | Aug 7, 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 |
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.