Boulder Complex (Boulder Hill) Fire
The Boulder Complex (Boulder Hill) Fire burned 2,342 acres in Montana, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to August 2, 2000.
- Size
- 2,342 acres
- Ignition
- August 2, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,342 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.314, -112.037.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,342 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,481 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 2, 2000
- State
- Montana
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4631411203720000802
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- DNRC & Priv & BLM Butte FO
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Complex (Bear) Fire | 145,040 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Toston-Maudlow Fire | 81,220 | Aug 15, 2000 | Human |
| Stag Fire | 61,649 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Sula Complex (Maynard) Fire | 48,300 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Mussigbrod Complex (Mussigbrod) Fire | 46,681 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Bear Fire | 42,326 | ||
| Canyon Ferry Complex (Cave Gulch) Fire | 30,000 | Jul 23, 2000 | Human |
| Monture-Spread Ridge (Monture) Fire | 23,802 | Jul 13, 2000 | Natural |
| Valley Complex (Coyote) Fire | 21,998 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Taylor Springs Fires Fire | 21,487 | Jul 31, 2000 | Natural |
| Upper Ninemile Complex (Nine Mile) Fire | 17,817 | Aug 4, 2000 | Natural |
| Ryan Gulch Fire | 17,118 | Aug 6, 2000 | 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. 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.