Craig II Fire
The Craig II Fire burned 9,180 acres in Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 14, 2003, and contained on August 29, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,180 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2003
- Contained
- August 29, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,875 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.625, -106.471.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,180 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,875 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2003, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Northern Cheyenne Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4559410645220030814
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-368366
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 | ||
| Cooney Ridge Fire | 25,680 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Littlehawk Fire | 25,490 | Aug 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Mineral-Primm (Mineral and Primm) Fire | 25,202 | Aug 9, 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.