Rockin Fire
The Rockin Fire burned 6,869 acres in Ravalli County, Montana, in 2005. It was discovered on August 3, 2005, and contained on August 30, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,869 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 2005
- Contained
- August 30, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,657 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.054, -114.405.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,869 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,657 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,910 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 2005, 4:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2005, 8:15 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Ravalli County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bitterroot National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Rockin Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4604311441220050803
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1428675
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| 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 |
| Baker Fire | 2,333 | Jul 25, 2005 | Human |
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. 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.