BONITA COMPLEX FIRE FACTS
The Bonita Complex Fire consisted of two separately named fires that burned in close proximity to
one another.
Bonita Fire-8,304 acres
Iron Fire- 9,868 acre.
Total Acres Burned-18,172 acres
GRAZING ALLOTMENTS
ALLOTNAME
Clover Creek Individual
Lava Ridge
Rail Canyon
Richie Flat
Scratch Post Butte
Willow Basin
Total AUMs
Total Allotment
% total
in Allotment
Acres
ACRES Burned Burned
2,065
16,397
2,487
15.16
1,759
14,134
5,416
38.31
12,960
85,187
1,048
1.23
2,704
19,970
3,605
18.05
681
7,480
909
12.15
5,422
49,815
841
1.68
*6 grazing permittees were affected by this fire
SAGE GROUSE HABITAT
Sage-grouse Preliminary Priority Habitat
Sage-grouse Preliminary General Habitat
Non-sage-grouse Habitat
Bonita
7,840 ac
465 ac
0
Iron
9,868 ac
0
0
HERD MANAGEMENT AREAS (HMA)
There were no Herd Management Areas within the fire perimeters.
WEEDS
There are approximately 50 acres infested with noxious weed in the fire areas
WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS
There were no Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) or Wild and Scenic Rivers within the fire
perimeters
WILDERNESS CHARACTERISTICS
No lands within the fire perimeters were found to have Wilderness Characteristics in the most
current inventory update.
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ACRES BURNED
AREA OF CRITERICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN
99% of the 1,569 acre North Ridge Bully Creek Area and 58% of the 620 acre South Ridge Bully
Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)/ Research Natural Area (RNA) are within
the fire perimeters.
FENCING
Approximately 15 miles of BLM fence occur within the Bonita fire perimeter
Approximately 22 miles of BLM fence within the Iron fire