Littlehawk Fire
The Littlehawk Fire burned 25,490 acres in Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 12, 2003, and contained on August 24, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 25,490 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2003
- Contained
- August 24, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 27,920 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.631, -107.015.
The record
- Reported final size
- 25,490 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 27,920 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2003, 7:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 2003, 8:00 a.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
- Part of
- Windmill Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4564010693820030812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-368355
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 |
| 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.