Dover Ranch Fire
The Dover Ranch Fire burned 4,500 acres in Yellowstone County, Montana, in 1996. It was discovered on August 18, 1996, and contained on August 20, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1996
- Contained
- August 20, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,671 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.898, -108.588.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,671 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1996, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 1996, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Yellowstone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Southern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4588010858719960818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1996MTSOS000006
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 |
| Alkalie Fire | 10,031 | Sep 11, 1996 | |
| Colfax Fire | 7,162 | Aug 1, 1996 | Human |
| 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
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.