Steamboat Fire
The Steamboat Fire burned 2,921 acres in Yellowstone County, Montana, in 2002. It was discovered on July 16, 2002, and contained on July 19, 2002. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,921 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2002
- Contained
- July 19, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.249, -108.039.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,921 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2002, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 19, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Montana
- County
- Yellowstone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-111947
Other large fires in Montana in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Springs Fire | 69,900 | Aug 30, 2002 | Natural |
| KraftSprings Fire | 69,447 | ||
| Line Creek Fire | 9,700 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| 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 |
| 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
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.