Rich Prescribed Fire
The Rich Prescribed Fire burned 1,347 acres in Montana, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 20, 2000.
- Size
- 1,347 acres
- Ignition
- April 20, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,347 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 47.232, -107.782.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,347 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 20, 2000
- State
- Montana
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4723210778320000420
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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
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.