Hockett Basin Fire
The Hockett Basin Fire burned 3,535 acres in Montana, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to July 30, 1991.
- Size
- 3,535 acres
- Ignition
- July 30, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,535 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.926, -105.106.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,535 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 30, 1991
- State
- Montana
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4592610510619910730
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset
Other large fires in Montana in 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine C Fire | 138,147 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,032 | Aug 19, 1991 | |
| Medicine Rock Fire | 8,560 | Aug 28, 1991 | |
| ThompsonCreek Fire | 7,166 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 7,089 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Game Range Fire | 5,128 | Oct 12, 1991 | |
| Robertson Fire | 4,810 | Apr 5, 1991 | |
| Burnettepk Fire | 4,643 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Power Fire | 3,818 | Oct 16, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,372 | Aug 20, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,179 | Sep 8, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,476 | Oct 16, 1991 |
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.