Henry Peak Fire
The Henry Peak Fire burned 8,203 acres in Montana, in 1994. It was discovered on July 26, 1994, and contained on August 5, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,203 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 1994
- Contained
- August 5, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,112 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.425, -114.760.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,203 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,112 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,184 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 1994, 5:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Reporting unit
- Lolo National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4742511472619940726
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-288551
- Note on the perimeter
- owner: MT
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Dean Fire | 60,300 | Sep 8, 1994 | Human |
| Black Butte Fire | 12,500 | Sep 8, 1994 | Natural |
| Ck Creek Fire | 11,067 | Aug 3, 1994 | Natural |
| Little Wolf Fire | 10,610 | Aug 15, 1994 | Natural |
| Koocanusa Complex (North Fork Big Creek) Fire | 9,000 | Aug 15, 1994 | Natural |
| Helen Creek Fire | 8,497 | Aug 16, 1994 | Natural |
| North Fork Complex (Adair Ii) Fire | 8,055 | Aug 12, 1994 | Natural |
| Mcdonald Fire | 7,494 | Aug 15, 1994 | Natural |
| Grierson Fire | 6,400 | Aug 22, 1994 | |
| Yaak-Red Dragon Complex (Sheep) Fire | 5,897 | Aug 15, 1994 | Natural |
| Cunningham Fire | 5,000 | Sep 9, 1994 | |
| Niarada Fire | 4,268 | Jul 26, 1994 | Human |
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.