Bradshaw Fire
The Bradshaw Fire burned 20,921 acres in Custer County, Montana, in 1998. It was discovered on August 31, 1998, and contained on September 7, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 20,921 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1998
- Contained
- September 7, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,581 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.476, -105.185.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,921 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,581 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 7, 1998, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Custer County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4645910514619980831
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-6705
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Fire | 8,800 | Sep 2, 1998 | Natural |
| Kootenai Complex (Mcdonald) Fire | 8,758 | Aug 30, 1998 | Natural |
| Boyer Creek Fire | 7,038 | Sep 2, 1998 | Human |
| Burnt Shed Fire | 6,356 | Sep 8, 1998 | Natural |
| Sandburn Fire | 5,680 | May 17, 1998 | Natural |
| Herman Rid Fire | 4,926 | Sep 1, 1998 | Natural |
| Bitterroot Complex (North Rye) Fire | 3,950 | Sep 2, 1998 | Human |
| Dome Fire | 3,340 | Sep 2, 1998 | Natural |
| Bowl Mtn Fire | 3,070 | Aug 9, 1998 | Natural |
| Pocket Creek Fire | 2,395 | May 27, 1998 | Natural |
| Garfield Fire | 2,050 | Jul 14, 1998 | Natural |
| Cherry Spg Fire | 2,000 | Aug 31, 1998 | 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.