Earl Fire
The Earl Fire burned 1,506 acres in Montana, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to July 31, 2003.
- Size
- 1,506 acres
- Ignition
- July 31, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,506 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.086, -107.085.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,506 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 31, 2003
- State
- Montana
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4608610708520030731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- Per 209s fire is part of the TREASURE COUNTY COMPLEX
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. 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.