Sula Complex (Maynard) Fire
The Sula Complex (Maynard) Fire burned 48,300 acres in Montana, in 2000. It was discovered on July 31, 2000, and contained on October 6, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 48,300 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2000
- Contained
- October 6, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 62,997 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.830, -114.023.
The record
- Reported final size
- 48,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 62,997 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2000, 4:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 6, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bitterroot National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Valley Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Spade 1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4580011396420000731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-358446
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 |
| 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 |
| Canyon Ferry Complex (Bucksnort) Fire | 15,000 | Jul 23, 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. 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.