Powder River Complex
The Powder River Complex burned 6,480 acres in Powder River County, Montana, in 1999. It was discovered on August 27, 1999, and contained on August 29, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,480 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1999
- Contained
- August 29, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,744 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.752, -105.436.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,480 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,744 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 1999, 8:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 1999, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Powder River County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Powder River Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4555910515719990827
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-3840
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishel Creek Fire | 33,000 | Jul 24, 1999 | Natural |
| Anaconda Fire | 10,812 | Aug 6, 1999 | Natural |
| Johnstone Fire | 7,800 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Outlook Fire | 6,952 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Antelope Fire | 5,113 | Oct 31, 1999 | |
| Christmas Fire | 4,400 | Dec 16, 1999 | Human |
| Pine Ridge Fire | 3,900 | Aug 20, 1999 | Natural |
| Mill Iron Fire | 3,800 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Horse Thie Fire | 3,500 | Jul 24, 1999 | Natural |
| Teddy Creek Fire | 2,516 | Oct 14, 1999 | Human |
| Halloween Fire | 2,436 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Edgar Fire | 2,173 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
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.