Wildfires of 2003

Stark Fire

2003MontanaWildfire

The Stark Fire burned 1,116 acres in Montana, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to July 31, 2003.

Size
1,116 acres
Ignition
July 31, 2003

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,116 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.059, -107.319.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,116 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
July 31, 2003
State
Montana
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
MT4605910731920030731
MTBS assessment
Extended
Note on the perimeter
Per 209s fire is part of the TREASURE COUNTY COMPLEX

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

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.