Dovetail Fire
The Dovetail Fire burned 4,524 acres in Petroleum County, Montana, in 2006. It was discovered on August 10, 2006, and contained on August 20, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,524 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2006
- Contained
- August 20, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,630 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.307, -108.059.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,524 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,630 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2006, 11:13 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Petroleum County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- North Central Montana District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4730810805220060810
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-531371
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 | ||
| Bundy Railroad Fire | 91,897 | Jul 12, 2006 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.