Adams Fire
The Adams Fire burned 3,074 acres in Montana, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to October 12, 1990.
- Size
- 3,074 acres
- Ignition
- October 12, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,074 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.149, -108.598.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,074 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 12, 1990
- State
- Montana
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4814910859819901012
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Montana in 199011
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Fire | 25,644 | Nov 23, 1990 | |
| Veterans Fire | 23,680 | Nov 11, 1990 | |
| Beartooth Complex | 13,454 | Nov 13, 1990 | |
| Knowlton C Fire | 12,247 | Aug 22, 1990 | |
| Ridge Fire | 7,553 | Sep 12, 1990 | |
| Quisno Fire | 3,019 | Aug 29, 1990 | |
| Iron Mountain Fire | 2,763 | Oct 5, 1990 | |
| Gird Point Fire | 2,537 | Jul 14, 1990 | |
| Horse Shoe Fire | 2,025 | Sep 21, 1990 | |
| Dry Creek Fire | 1,431 | Aug 4, 1990 | |
| Green Wood Fire | 1,022 | Oct 9, 1990 |
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.