Elm Springs Fire
The Elm Springs Fire burned 700 acres in Montana, in 2005. It was discovered on July 16, 2005, and contained on July 18, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 700 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2005
- Contained
- July 18, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,201 acres, mapped by hand sketch. Point of origin as reported, 44.342, -102.542.
The record
- Reported final size
- 700 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,201 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2005, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 18, 2005, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Montana/Dakotas State Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-503202
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from a hand drawn map in fire report.
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Rock Fire | 13,327 | Aug 9, 2005 | Natural |
| I-90 Complex (Tarkio) Fire | 9,082 | Aug 4, 2005 | Human |
| Seepay 2 Fire | 8,500 | Aug 28, 2005 | Human |
| Rockin Fire | 6,869 | Aug 3, 2005 | Natural |
| Sheep Fire | 6,778 | Sep 9, 2005 | Natural |
| Heartland Fire | 6,689 | Sep 9, 2005 | Natural |
| Big Horn Fire | 5,800 | Jul 16, 2005 | Natural |
| Hazard Lake Wfu Fire | 5,731 | Aug 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Kelly Point Fire | 3,875 | Aug 6, 2005 | Human |
| Cottonwood Creek Fire | 3,485 | Aug 26, 2005 | Natural |
| Prospect Fire | 3,200 | Aug 6, 2005 | Natural |
| Erickson Spring Fire | 2,700 | Aug 22, 2005 | 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. 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.