Shepard Mtn Fire
The Shepard Mtn Fire burned 14,890 acres in Montana, in 1996. It was discovered on August 25, 1996, and contained on September 12, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 14,890 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 1996
- Contained
- September 12, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,376 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.178, -109.655.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,890 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,376 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 14,891 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 1996, 3:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTCGF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4521910961819960825
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-318558
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Hand Digitized (USFS)
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 |
| Rollover Fire | 10,095 | Oct 13, 1996 | Human |
| Alkalie Fire | 10,031 | Sep 11, 1996 | |
| 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.