Spring Creek Fire
The Spring Creek Fire burned 3,200 acres in Carter County, Montana, in 1996. It was discovered on July 22, 1996, and contained on July 23, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1996
- Contained
- July 23, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,825 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.852, -104.918.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,825 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1996, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 23, 1996, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Montana
- County
- Carter County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Eastern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4592310496419960722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1996MTEAS000001
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 |
| 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 |
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.