Wildfires of 1999

Cedarcrkn Prescribed Fire

1999MontanaPrescribed fire

The Cedarcrkn Prescribed Fire burned 2,961 acres in Montana, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to September 19, 1999.

Size
2,961 acres
Ignition
September 19, 1999

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,961 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.796, -104.587.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,961 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
September 19, 1999
State
Montana
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
MT4679610458719990919
MTBS assessment
Initial

Other large fires in Montana in 199912

FireAcresStartCause
Fishel Creek Fire33,000Jul 24, 1999Natural
Anaconda Fire10,812Aug 6, 1999Natural
Johnstone Fire7,800Oct 31, 1999Human
Outlook Fire6,952Oct 31, 1999Human
Powder River Complex6,480Aug 27, 1999Natural
Antelope Fire5,113Oct 31, 1999
Christmas Fire4,400Dec 16, 1999Human
Pine Ridge Fire3,900Aug 20, 1999Natural
Mill Iron Fire3,800Oct 31, 1999Human
Horse Thie Fire3,500Jul 24, 1999Natural
Teddy Creek Fire2,516Oct 14, 1999Human
Halloween Fire2,436Oct 31, 1999Human

Every fire of 1999 Montana fire history

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. 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.