Mike Fire
The Mike Fire burned 1,190 acres in Montana, in 1992. It was discovered on March 23, 1992, and contained on March 23, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,190 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 1992
- Contained
- March 23, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,354 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.250, -108.334.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,190 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,354 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 1992, 1:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 23, 1992, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Belknap Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4822510833619920323
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-361454
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank Fire | 7,379 | Sep 24, 1992 | Natural |
| 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 |
| Hussey Creek Fire | 1,024 | Sep 30, 1992 | |
| Old Anders Fire | 1,000 | May 18, 1992 | Natural |
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. 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.