Packer Gulch Fire
The Packer Gulch Fire burned 3,059 acres in Granite County, Montana, in 2006. It was discovered on July 18, 2006, and contained on August 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,059 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2006
- Contained
- August 2, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,005 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.746, -113.336.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,059 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,005 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2006, 1:48 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 2006, 9:05 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Montana
- County
- Granite County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Missoula Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4674611331320060718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-554809
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.