Line Creek Fire
The Line Creek Fire burned 9,700 acres in Powder River County, Montana, in 2002. It was discovered on June 28, 2002, and contained on July 8, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,700 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002
- Contained
- July 8, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,687 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.023, -105.969.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,687 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2002, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Powder River 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
- MT4502310596420020628
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-112779
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Springs Fire | 69,900 | Aug 30, 2002 | Natural |
| KraftSprings Fire | 69,447 | ||
| Fox Creek Fire | 6,300 | Jul 11, 2002 | Natural |
| Red Waffle Fire | 5,859 | Jul 14, 2002 | Human |
| Cow Creek Fire | 5,495 | Sep 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Pishkun Fire | 5,000 | Feb 21, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,277 | Sep 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Steamboat Fire | 2,921 | Jul 16, 2002 | Human |
| Sheep Creek Fire | 2,016 | Aug 15, 2002 | Natural |
| Whitewater Fire | 1,652 | Apr 15, 2002 | Human |
| Brushlake Fire | 1,200 | May 3, 2002 | Human |
| Cap Rock 2 Fire | 1,000 | Apr 13, 2002 | Natural |
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.