Grant Coul Fire
The Grant Coul Fire burned 3,506 acres in Montana, in 1995. It was discovered on September 26, 1995, and contained on September 28, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,506 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 1995
- Contained
- September 28, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,693 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.096, -107.355.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,506 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,693 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,508 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 1995, 2:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 28, 1995, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- North Central Montana District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4812210743919950926
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-23453
- Note on the perimeter
- Action Fire - BLM land protected by BLM (11)
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 19955
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefiel Fire | 2,500 | Sep 5, 1995 | Human |
| West Pryor Fire | 1,800 | Jul 29, 1995 | Natural |
| Rosebud/Custer Complex | 1,581 | Aug 7, 1995 | Natural |
| Flat Top Fire | 1,515 | Aug 30, 1995 | Human |
| Mayor Fire | 1,300 | Feb 24, 1995 | 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.