Apgar 1926 Fire
The Apgar 1926 Fire burned 10,487 acres in Montana, in 1926. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 10,487 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 10,487 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 48.559, -114.021.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,487 acres
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1926-MTGNP-000021
- Note on the perimeter
- Discrepency between CFR (8960 ac) and IFR (4840 ac)? Park report is 4840, we may have digitized a hand drawn map to get the larger acreage? DD
Other large fires in Montana in 19262
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork River 1926 Fire | 24,030 | ||
| Polebridge 1926 Fire | 21,875 |
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. 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.