North Fork Complex (Adair Ii) Fire
The North Fork Complex (Adair Ii) Fire burned 8,055 acres in Montana, in 1994. It was discovered on August 12, 1994, and contained on November 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,055 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1994
- Contained
- November 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,329 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.744, -114.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,055 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,329 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,162 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 30, 1994, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Glacier National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- MTGNP
- Part of
- North Fork Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Howling
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-MTGNP-000031
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4871911410119940812
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-263274
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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.