Wildfires of 2003

Strawberry Fire

2003Missoula County, MontanaWildfire

The Strawberry Fire burned 1,021 acres in Missoula County, Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on August 9, 2003, and contained on August 23, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,021 acres
Discovered
August 9, 2003
Contained
August 23, 2003
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.661, -113.527.

The record

Reported final size
1,021 acres
Discovered
August 9, 2003, 1:35 p.m. local time
Contained
August 23, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Montana
County
Missoula County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Lolo National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-389342

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.