Wildfires of 2003

Graveyard Fire

2003Rosebud County, MontanaWildfire

The Graveyard Fire burned 1,800 acres in Rosebud County, Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 12, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,800 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2003
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.180, -106.154.

The record

Reported final size
1,800 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2003, 2:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Montana
County
Rosebud County
Reporting unit
Eastern Land Office
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2003_MT-EAS-84011

Other large fires in Montana in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Missouri Breaks Complex125,900Jul 19, 2003Natural
Germaine Fire66,497
Robert Fire57,273Jul 23, 2003Human
Wedge Canyon Fire50,981Jul 18, 2003Natural
Lincoln Complex (Snowbank) Fire37,405Aug 13, 2003Natural
Hobble Fire36,180Aug 8, 2003Natural
Indian Fire33,955
Fish Creek Complex (Thompson Creek) Fire33,948Aug 10, 2003Natural
Big Coulee Fire29,492
Cooney Ridge Fire25,680Aug 8, 2003Natural
Littlehawk Fire25,490Aug 12, 2003Natural
Mineral-Primm (Mineral and Primm) Fire25,202Aug 9, 2003Natural

Every fire of 2003 Montana fire history

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.