Wildfires of 1994

Unnamed Fire

1994MontanaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 3,554 acres in Montana, in 1994. It was discovered on August 10, 1994, and contained on August 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,554 acres
Discovered
August 10, 1994
Contained
August 15, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,984 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.250, -108.534.

The record

Reported final size
3,554 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,984 acres
Discovered
August 10, 1994, 2:43 p.m. local time
Contained
August 15, 1994, 2:45 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Montana
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Crow Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
MT4524310857119940810
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-358271
Note on the perimeter
Fire is herbaceous to the southwest of the scar and evergreen elsewhere

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

FireAcresStartCause
Baby Dean Fire60,300Sep 8, 1994Human
Black Butte Fire12,500Sep 8, 1994Natural
Ck Creek Fire11,067Aug 3, 1994Natural
Little Wolf Fire10,610Aug 15, 1994Natural
Koocanusa Complex (North Fork Big Creek) Fire9,000Aug 15, 1994Natural
Helen Creek Fire8,497Aug 16, 1994Natural
Henry Peak Fire8,203Jul 26, 1994Natural
North Fork Complex (Adair Ii) Fire8,055Aug 12, 1994Natural
Mcdonald Fire7,494Aug 15, 1994Natural
Grierson Fire6,400Aug 22, 1994
Yaak-Red Dragon Complex (Sheep) Fire5,897Aug 15, 1994Natural
Cunningham Fire5,000Sep 9, 1994

Every fire of 1994 Montana fire history

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.