Half Moon Fire 1929 Fire
The Half Moon Fire 1929 Fire burned 104,281 acres in Montana, in 1929. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 104,281 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 104,281 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 48.476, -113.978.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 104,281 acres
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1929-MTGNP-000032
- Note on the perimeter
- Halfmoon Fire that burned around headquarters, but only because the Superintendent kept all his staff in the park manning pumps. He took a lot of criticism for that.
Other large fires in Montana in 19291
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,803 |
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.