Sterling Gulch Fire
The Sterling Gulch Fire burned 1,805 acres in Montana, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to July 15, 1987.
- Size
- 1,805 acres
- Ignition
- July 15, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,805 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.254, -115.236.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,805 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,816 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 15, 1987
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4825411523619870715
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- Plum Creek, MT State, FS
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Montana in 19873
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Lake Fire | 2,338 | Apr 7, 1987 | |
| NoName Fire | 1,100 | ||
| G 15 A B Fire | 1,070 | Apr 21, 1987 |
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. 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.