Valley Complex (Coyote) Fire
The Valley Complex (Coyote) Fire burned 21,998 acres in Montana, in 2000. It was discovered on July 31, 2000, and contained on September 2, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 21,998 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2000
- Contained
- September 2, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,619 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.073, -113.893.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,998 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 20,619 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,984 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 2000, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 2, 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
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Part of
- Valley Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4609711384420000731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-358502
- Perimeter records
- 5 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Middle Fork Complex, no local data
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 |
| 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
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.