Trapper Creek Fire (Trapper Creek) Fire
The Trapper Creek Fire (Trapper Creek) Fire burned 18,702 acres in Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on July 18, 2003, and contained on October 1, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,702 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003
- Contained
- October 1, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,035 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.793, -113.907.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,702 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,035 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,697 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 1, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Glacier National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- MTGNP
- Part of
- Trapper Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-MTGNP-000013
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4878011384220030718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-263604
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Littlehawk Fire | 25,490 | Aug 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Mineral-Primm (Mineral and Primm) Fire | 25,202 | Aug 9, 2003 | Natural |
Nearby
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.