Cook Mountain Fire
The Cook Mountain Fire burned 1,800 acres in Powder River County, Montana, in 2004. It was discovered on May 5, 2004, and contained on May 8, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004
- Contained
- May 8, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,838 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.651, -106.141.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,838 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 8, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Powder River County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4566210617020040505
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-399376
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 |
| Anderson Drainage Fire | 1,310 | 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.