N Sawmill Fire
The N Sawmill Fire burned 964 acres in Garfield County, Montana, in 2001. It was discovered on August 23, 2001, and contained on August 27, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 964 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2001
- Contained
- August 27, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,025 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.550, -107.384.
The record
- Reported final size
- 964 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,025 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 27, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4756010745220010823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-103989
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
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.