Polebridge 1926 Fire
The Polebridge 1926 Fire burned 21,875 acres in Montana, in 1926. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 21,875 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 21,875 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 48.785, -114.351.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,875 acres
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1926-MTGNP-000013
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire jumped the North Fork River from the USFS lands to the west.
Other large fires in Montana in 19262
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork River 1926 Fire | 24,030 | ||
| Apgar 1926 Fire | 10,487 |
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.