HighOne Fire
The HighOne Fire burned 1,300 acres in Montana, in 1994. It was discovered on August 15, 1994, and contained on September 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,300 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 1994
- Contained
- September 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.908, -114.928.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,300 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 740 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 1994, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 30, 1994, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kootenai National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTKNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-MTKNF-000319
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-287863
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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 |
| Henry Peak Fire | 8,203 | Jul 26, 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 |
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. 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.