Pony Complex
The Pony Complex burned 135,231 acres in Elmore County, Idaho, in 2013. It was discovered on August 8, 2013, and contained on August 21, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to August 9, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 135,231 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2013
- Contained
- August 21, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 148,112 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.266, -115.716.
The record
- Reported final size
- 135,231 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 148,112 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 154,584 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2013, 11:50 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 9, 2013
- Contained
- August 21, 2013, 6:01 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Elmore County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Boise District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- IDBOD
- Part of
- Pony Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Long Tom, Mm111 Hwy20, Dixie
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-IDFRD-001047
- MTBS fire identifier
- ID4329411554820130809
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-663932
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- This perimeter is for the Pony complex which is listed in Firestat as several fires including Dixie, Long Tom, Mudd fires. There may be others fires in this complex. No indication of main record in Firestat so unable to verify tabular data.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.