Wedge Canyon Fire
The Wedge Canyon Fire burned 50,981 acres in Montana, in 2003. It was discovered on July 18, 2003, and contained on October 15, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 50,981 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003
- Contained
- October 15, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 51,995 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.884, -114.551.
The record
- Reported final size
- 50,981 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 51,995 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 53,359 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 15, 2003, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Flathead National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTGNP
- Part of
- Wedge Canyon Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-MTGNP-000014
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4890111437420030718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391183
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Rampage Complex (Double Mountain 2) Fire | 21,000 | Aug 19, 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.