Cooney Ridge Fire
The Cooney Ridge Fire burned 25,680 acres in Ravalli County, Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 8, 2003, and contained on December 31, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to August 9, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 25,680 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2003
- Contained
- December 31, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,756 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.623, -113.826.
The record
- Reported final size
- 25,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,756 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2003, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 9, 2003
- Contained
- December 31, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Southwestern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Cooney Ridge Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4667111382820030809
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2003_MT-SWS-143
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Breaks Complex | 125,900 | Jul 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Germaine Fire | 66,497 | ||
| Robert Fire | 57,273 | Jul 23, 2003 | Human |
| Wedge Canyon Fire | 50,981 | Jul 18, 2003 | Natural |
| Lincoln Complex (Snowbank) Fire | 37,405 | Aug 13, 2003 | Natural |
| Hobble Fire | 36,180 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Indian Fire | 33,955 | ||
| Fish Creek Complex (Thompson Creek) Fire | 33,948 | Aug 10, 2003 | Natural |
| Big Coulee Fire | 29,492 | ||
| Littlehawk Fire | 25,490 | Aug 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Mineral-Primm (Mineral and Primm) Fire | 25,202 | Aug 9, 2003 | Natural |
| Rampage Complex (Double Mountain 2) Fire | 21,000 | Aug 19, 2003 | 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.