Leggit Fire
The Leggit Fire burned 1,161 acres in Elmore County, Idaho, in 2013. It was discovered on July 3, 2013, and contained on August 8, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,161 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2013
- Contained
- August 8, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,152 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.799, -115.057.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,161 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,152 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,150 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2013, 5:47 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Elmore County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDSTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4379911505820130703
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1516399
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Lighting caused fire in Sawtooth Wilderness, fire was confined with natural barriers, and suppressed on Fairfield RD side(Ross Fork drainage). Very dry fuel conditions, access in remote rugged terrian.
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.