Bergsicker Complex (Bergsicker) Fire
The Bergsicker Complex (Bergsicker) Fire burned 8,649 acres in Montana, in 2001. It was discovered on August 2, 2001, and contained on August 2, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,649 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2001
- Contained
- August 2, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,996 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.134, -113.518.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,649 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,996 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,844 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2001, 6:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 2001, 6:03 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Flathead National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Bergsicker Wfu Complex
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4816011351220010802
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-371055
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Fire | 71,000 | Aug 16, 2001 | Natural |
| Fridley Fire | 26,873 | Aug 19, 2001 | Natural |
| Birk Fire | 9,674 | Sep 13, 2001 | Natural |
| Biggs Flat Fire | 7,600 | Sep 29, 2001 | Natural |
| Purdy Creek Fire | 4,950 | Sep 26, 2001 | Natural |
| Twin Coule Fire | 2,900 | May 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Castle Fire | 2,640 | Jul 27, 2001 | Natural |
| Monument Fire | 2,560 | Aug 11, 2001 | Natural |
| Lost Fork-Monarch Complex (Lost Fork) Fire | 2,338 | Sep 3, 2001 | Human |
| Cabin Creek Fire | 2,084 | Sep 26, 2001 | Natural |
| 3 Major Blm Fires Fire | 1,828 | ||
| SheepheadCreek Fire | 1,820 |
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.