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Lone Pine Fire, July 2017 Idaho

Out · last measured on 14 Jul 2017

The fire started on 14 July 2017 in Idaho, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 6,889 hectares, spread across a single county.

It is the 50th largest in Idaho since 2016 (of 379 with a page). Number 115 in United States in 2017, of 619.

Burnt area
6,889ha
official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration
1day
14 Jul 2017 – 14 Jul 2017
Municipalities hit
1
counties
Started on
14 Jul
2017
Heat detections
1,253
in a single hotspot: 166 MW
Danger at start
25
High · FWI index

Where it burned

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 14 Jul14 Jul

The weather it burned in

34°high
50km/h · peak gust
10%lowest humidity

It had gone 3 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 4.3 mm on 14 Sept.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

  1. Idaho where it started
    6,897 ha reached on 16 Jul
    0.3 %

Burnt area inside each county, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
14 Jul 34.1 °C 19 % 32 km/h 0.8 mm High 25
15 Jul after 30.6 °C 26 % 31 km/h 0.8 mm Moderate 21
16 Jul after 24.6 °C 24 % 46 km/h 1.3 mm Moderate 17
17 Jul after 26.2 °C 18 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
18 Jul after 28.9 °C 18 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
19 Jul after 30.3 °C 18 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
20 Jul after 26.2 °C 26 % 50 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
21 Jul after 26.7 °C 16 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
22 Jul after 28.6 °C 20 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
23 Jul after 31.0 °C 21 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
24 Jul after 28.8 °C 20 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
25 Jul after 29.5 °C 10 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
26 Jul after 30.7 °C 15 % 37 km/h 0.2 mm Very high 38
27 Jul after 28.6 °C 28 % 35 km/h 0.8 mm High 25
28 Jul after 30.5 °C 23 % 28 km/h 1.8 mm Moderate 17
29 Jul after 31.9 °C 19 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
30 Jul after 30.4 °C 16 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
31 Jul after 31.2 °C 12 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
1 Aug after 30.6 °C 12 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
2 Aug after 31.3 °C 14 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
3 Aug after 31.7 °C 15 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
4 Aug after 30.5 °C 19 % 48 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
5 Aug after 27.2 °C 18 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
6 Aug after 29.3 °C 14 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
7 Aug after 29.2 °C 14 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
8 Aug after 29.0 °C 16 % 30 km/h 0.1 mm Very high 39
9 Aug after 28.1 °C 17 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
10 Aug after 29.6 °C 16 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
11 Aug after 30.8 °C 12 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
12 Aug after 29.8 °C 17 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
13 Aug after 19.0 °C 54 % 34 km/h 5.7 mm Very low 2
14 Aug after 21.3 °C 34 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm Low 8
15 Aug after 24.9 °C 21 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
16 Aug after 25.3 °C 22 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
17 Aug after 26.0 °C 24 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
18 Aug after 28.1 °C 17 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
19 Aug after 22.7 °C 29 % 48 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
20 Aug after 22.9 °C 21 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
21 Aug after 27.2 °C 18 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
22 Aug after 29.7 °C 15 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
23 Aug after 28.4 °C 20 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
24 Aug after 25.0 °C 35 % 43 km/h 2.2 mm Low 10
25 Aug after 25.5 °C 27 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
26 Aug after 28.2 °C 15 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
27 Aug after 30.8 °C 12 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
28 Aug after 28.4 °C 18 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
29 Aug after 32.4 °C 16 % 24 km/h 1.0 mm High 30
30 Aug after 29.0 °C 19 % 41 km/h 1.3 mm High 25
31 Aug after 25.4 °C 23 % 48 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
1 Sept after 28.4 °C 19 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
2 Sept after 32.3 °C 12 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
3 Sept after 32.3 °C 11 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
4 Sept after 29.4 °C 14 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
5 Sept after 28.2 °C 17 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
6 Sept after 28.8 °C 16 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
7 Sept after 30.4 °C 15 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
8 Sept after 26.1 °C 26 % 35 km/h 1.7 mm Moderate 16
9 Sept after 26.3 °C 38 % 41 km/h 2.1 mm Low 10
10 Sept after 23.7 °C 37 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 19
11 Sept after 29.0 °C 16 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
12 Sept after 27.0 °C 23 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
13 Sept after 22.4 °C 33 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
14 Sept after 15.4 °C 31 % 43 km/h 4.3 mm Very low 5

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 7 Jul 2017
After · 21 Jul 2017

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Detections table · 1,253Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
Date and timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Lone Pine fire last?
It burned between 14 July 2017 and 14 July 2017: 1 day, according to the start date recorded by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) and the heat detections seen by satellite.
How much area did it burn?
The official perimeter published by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) is 6,889 hectares (68.9 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?
The fire only entered Idaho (6,897 ha, 0.3 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 34.1 °C, humidity dropped to 10 % and gusts hit 50 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 46, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?
From the official burnt perimeter of United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC, public domain), NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of United States. It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 911

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter is official and in the public domain. For past years it comes from MTBS (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity), run by the U.S. Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service, which map it on Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery. For the current and last year it comes from WFIGS at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): incident perimeters mapped by fire crews, aircraft and imagery. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. County boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from official figures.