Coal Fire
The Coal Fire burned 1,050 acres in Blaine County, Montana, in 2004. It was discovered on July 14, 2004, and contained on July 21, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,050 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2004
- Contained
- July 21, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,043 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.050, -109.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,050 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,043 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2004, 10:34 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 21, 2004, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Blaine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- North Central Montana District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4804210914020040714
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124309
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 |
| Anderson Drainage Fire | 1,310 | May 5, 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.