Hellgate Fire
The Hellgate Fire burned 1,601 acres in Montana, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to July 12, 1985.
- Size
- 1,601 acres
- Ignition
- July 12, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,601 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.852, -113.938.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,601 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 12, 1985
- State
- Montana
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4685211393819850712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Montana in 198510
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Fire | 10,431 | Jul 3, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,024 | ||
| Charlotte Peak Fire | 5,225 | Jun 29, 1985 | |
| Hilltop Fire | 2,580 | ||
| Printz Ridge Fire | 1,853 | Jul 8, 1985 | |
| Broncosam Fire | 1,828 | ||
| G 10 E Fire | 1,617 | May 6, 1985 | |
| NoName Fire | 1,432 | ||
| West Gulch Fire | 1,159 | Jul 20, 1985 | |
| Gibbons Pass Fire | 1,027 | Jul 8, 1985 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.