Lost Fork-Monarch Complex (Monarch) Fire
The Lost Fork-Monarch Complex (Monarch) Fire burned 1,684 acres in Cascade County, Montana, in 2001. It was discovered on September 3, 2001, and contained on October 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,684 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2001
- Contained
- October 1, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,814 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.062, -110.806.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,684 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,814 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,687 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2001, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 1, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Montana
- County
- Cascade County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Lost Fork/Monarch Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4706811077420010903
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-371097
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 |
| 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 |
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.