West Pryor Fire
The West Pryor Fire burned 1,800 acres in Carbon County, Montana, in 1995. It was discovered on July 29, 1995, and contained on August 1, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 1995
- Contained
- August 1, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,058 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.317, -108.701.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,058 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 1995, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Carbon County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4530710872119950729
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-23504
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Coul Fire | 3,506 | Sep 26, 1995 | Human |
| Battlefiel Fire | 2,500 | Sep 5, 1995 | Human |
| 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
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.