Alkalie Fire
The Alkalie Fire burned 10,031 acres in Montana, in 1996. It was discovered on September 11, 1996, and contained on September 15, 1996.
- Size
- 10,031 acres
- Discovered
- September 11, 1996
- Contained
- September 15, 1996
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,049 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.416, -107.933.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,031 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,049 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,032 acres
- Discovered
- September 11, 1996, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4740910798019960911
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996MTCMR6494
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powderville Fire | 62,000 | Aug 17, 1996 | Natural |
| Rosebud Creek Fire | 30,700 | Aug 5, 1996 | Natural |
| Shepard Mtn Fire | 14,890 | Aug 25, 1996 | Natural |
| Rollover Fire | 10,095 | Oct 13, 1996 | Human |
| Colfax Fire | 7,162 | Aug 1, 1996 | Human |
| Dover Ranch Fire | 4,500 | Aug 18, 1996 | Natural |
| Laststand Fire | 4,290 | Jul 22, 1996 | Human |
| Coyote Pnf Fire | 4,283 | Jun 26, 1996 | Natural |
| WarriorsFace Fire | 4,104 | Jul 4, 1996 | Natural |
| Sharpsfire Fire | 4,000 | Aug 14, 1996 | Natural |
| Ft. Keogh Fire | 3,500 | Aug 9, 1996 | Natural |
| Robinson Fire | 3,500 | Aug 17, 1996 | Natural |
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.