Prospect Fire
The Prospect Fire burned 3,200 acres in Mineral County, Montana, in 2005. It was discovered on August 6, 2005, and contained on October 10, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to July 31, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2005
- Contained
- October 10, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,279 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.050, -115.011.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,279 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2005, 1:51 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 31, 2005
- Contained
- October 10, 2005, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Mineral County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Lolo National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4707511495920050731
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1428996
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 |
| Erickson Spring Fire | 2,700 | Aug 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Baker Fire | 2,333 | Jul 25, 2005 | Human |
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.