Lincoln Complex (Snowbank) Fire
The Lincoln Complex (Snowbank) Fire burned 37,405 acres in Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 13, 2003, and contained on November 12, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 37,405 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2003
- Contained
- November 12, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 36,976 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.086, -112.642.
The record
- Reported final size
- 37,405 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 36,976 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 37,549 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2003, 11:14 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 12, 2003, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Lincoln Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4709011261820030813
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-387633
- Note on the perimeter
- named updated in 2022 per Mike Munoz RMRD DR
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 |
| 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 |
| Rampage Complex (Double Mountain 2) Fire | 21,000 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
Nearby
- Lincoln, MT9 miles south of the fire
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT37 miles southeast of the fire
- Seeley Lake, MT40 miles west of the fire
- Helena Valley West Central, MT40 miles southeast of the fire
- Helena West Side, MT42 miles southeast of the fire
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT42 miles southeast of the fire
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.