Sheep Fire
The Sheep Fire burned 6,778 acres in Montana, in 2005. It was discovered on September 9, 2005, and contained on September 16, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,778 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2005
- Contained
- September 16, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,882 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.656, -107.474.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,778 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,882 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2005, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 2005, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4768410750520050909
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005MTCMRB6HU
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 |
| 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
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.