Shirley Fire
The Shirley Fire burned 1,200 acres in Montana, in 1999. It was discovered on August 24, 1999, and contained on August 28, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 1999
- Contained
- August 28, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,287 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.322, -109.845.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,287 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 1999, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 1999, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Rocky Boy's Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4832210982119990824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-371490
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 |
| Powder River Complex | 6,480 | Aug 27, 1999 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.