Jefferson Fire

2010108,497 acresIdaho

The Jefferson Fire burned 108,497 acres, about 170 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on July 13, 2010.

Watch how it happened

Jefferson Fire · 2010

How it happened

See the burn scar and every county it reached.

About this replay

IgnitionJuly 13, 2010Historical replay — final scar, not daily growth

Final area108,497 ac

Revealed—

Counties3

Fire milestones

Burn scarFinal perimeter mapped from satellite images

Reported originThe fire location MTBS records for the event

Washington, D.C., to scale61 square miles of land, drawn at the fire’s scale

Source: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS, U.S. Forest Service), mapped from satellite images after the fire. MTBS does not record daily growth: the reveal shows the final scar, outward from the reported origin, not the order it burned in.

Where it burned

Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.

Acres burned by county

Jefferson County	ID	78,333
Butte County	ID	24,942
Bingham County	ID	5,265

Other large fires in Idaho in 2010

Long Butte Fire302,474 acres
Crowbar Fire30,711 acres

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.