Incendiary Creek Fire
The Incendiary Creek Fire burned 1,100 acres in Clearwater County, Idaho, in 2013. It was discovered on August 18, 2013, and contained on October 2, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2013
- Contained
- October 2, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,289 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.337, -116.027.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,289 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,238 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2013, 3:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Clearwater County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cottonwood Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- IDCWD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-IDCWD-000788
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4633711602720130818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-664987
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
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. 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.