Blank Fire
The Blank Fire burned 7,379 acres in Montana, in 1992. It was discovered on September 24, 1992, and contained on October 15, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,379 acres
- Discovered
- September 24, 1992
- Contained
- October 15, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,979 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.183, -105.883.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,379 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,979 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,036 acres
- Discovered
- September 24, 1992, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 15, 1992, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTCGF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4519910587619920924
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-256275
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Hand Digitized (USFS) BLM land protected by BLM
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 199210
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rdoorecmpx Fire | 4,000 | Apr 2, 1992 | Human |
| Lodgepole Fire | 2,805 | ||
| Northridge Fire | 2,000 | May 3, 1992 | Human |
| Lodgepole Fire | 1,650 | Jun 11, 1992 | Natural |
| Black Butte Fire | 1,466 | Sep 29, 1992 | |
| Power Fire | 1,200 | Mar 12, 1992 | |
| Watkins Fire | 1,200 | May 18, 1992 | Natural |
| Mike Fire | 1,190 | Mar 23, 1992 | Human |
| Hussey Creek Fire | 1,024 | Sep 30, 1992 | |
| Old Anders Fire | 1,000 | May 18, 1992 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.