Anderson Drainage Fire
The Anderson Drainage Fire burned 1,310 acres in Musselshell County, Montana, in 2004. It was discovered on May 5, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,310 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,345 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.255, -108.743.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,310 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,345 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Musselshell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Southern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4625110878220040505
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MT00870404-SOS001
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 20045
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bradshaw Fire | 3,387 | Aug 1, 2004 | Natural |
| Lacey Gulch Fire | 3,040 | May 9, 2004 | Human |
| Pine Hill Fire | 2,022 | Sep 2, 2004 | Natural |
| Cook Mountain Fire | 1,800 | May 5, 2004 | Natural |
| Coal Fire | 1,050 | Jul 14, 2004 | 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.