Teddy Creek Fire
The Teddy Creek Fire burned 2,516 acres in Montana, in 1999. It was discovered on October 14, 1999, and contained on October 15, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,516 acres
- Discovered
- October 14, 1999
- Contained
- October 15, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,466 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.852, -112.400.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,516 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,466 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,547 acres
- Discovered
- October 14, 1999, 2:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 15, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4488211239119991014
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-340011
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- BDNF
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 |
| Halloween Fire | 2,436 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Edgar Fire | 2,173 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.