Niarada Fire
The Niarada Fire burned 4,268 acres in Montana, in 1994. It was discovered on July 26, 1994, and contained on August 1, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 4,268 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 1994
- Contained
- August 1, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,464 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.827, -114.558.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,268 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,464 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 1994, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Flathead Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4784211452319940726
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-454692
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
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.