Castle Fire
The Castle Fire burned 2,640 acres in Phillips County, Montana, in 2001. It was discovered on July 27, 2001, and contained on August 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,640 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2001
- Contained
- August 1, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,021 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.803, -107.397.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,640 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,021 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2001, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 2001, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Phillips County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- North Central Montana District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4779710737920010727
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-107014
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 |
| Bergsicker Complex (Bergsicker) Fire | 8,649 | Aug 2, 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 |
| 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
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.