Turkey Fire
The Turkey Fire burned 25,644 acres in Montana, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to November 23, 1990.
- Size
- 25,644 acres
- Ignition
- November 23, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,644 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.981, -110.243.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,644 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 33,253 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 23, 1990
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4697011032419901123
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 199011
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Adams Fire | 3,074 | Oct 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
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.