Bundy Railroad Fire
The Bundy Railroad Fire burned 91,897 acres in Yellowstone County, Montana, in 2006. It was discovered on July 12, 2006, and contained on July 21, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 91,897 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2006
- Contained
- July 21, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 91,623 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.129, -108.109.
The record
- Reported final size
- 91,897 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 91,623 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 91,896 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2006, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 21, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Yellowstone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Billings Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4613910793820060712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-528165
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Fire | 207,115 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Canyon Creek Fire | 128,532 | ||
| Pine Ridge Complex | 121,687 | Jul 12, 2006 | Natural |
| Black Pulaski Fire | 117,292 | Jul 17, 2006 | Natural |
| Chippy Creek Fire | 98,980 | ||
| Lost Creek (Black Pulaski Complex) Fire | 38,561 | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| Wyman #2 Fire | 35,482 | ||
| Red Eagle Fire | 34,203 | Jul 28, 2006 | Natural |
| Thompson Creek Fire | 33,653 | ||
| 8 Mile Saddle Fire | 25,926 | ||
| Jungle Fire | 25,828 | Aug 31, 2006 | Natural |
| Horton Fire | 25,239 | Jul 12, 2006 | 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. 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.