Fool Creek Fire
The Fool Creek Fire burned 60,038 acres in Teton County, Montana, in 2007. It was discovered on July 4, 2007, and contained on November 29, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to June 28, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 60,038 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2007
- Contained
- November 29, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 53,902 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.923, -112.988.
The record
- Reported final size
- 60,038 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 53,902 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 60,044 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2007, 5:24 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 28, 2007
- Contained
- November 29, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Teton County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4797011293420070628
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1454602
- Note on the perimeter
- STARTED ON LEWIS&CLARK FOREST
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippy Creek Fire | 99,090 | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| Ahorn Fire | 52,505 | Jul 11, 2007 | Natural |
| Meriwether Fire | 46,298 | Jul 21, 2007 | Natural |
| Skyland Fire | 44,176 | Jul 23, 2007 | Natural |
| Jocko Lakes Fire | 36,388 | Aug 3, 2007 | Natural |
| Sawmill Complex (Wyman 2) Fire | 36,045 | Jul 29, 2007 | Natural |
| Brush Creek Fire | 29,921 | Jul 27, 2007 | Natural |
| Rombo Mountain Fire | 29,062 | Jul 31, 2007 | Natural |
| Wh Complex (Wicked Creek) Fire | 26,600 | Aug 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Rat Creek Fire | 25,877 | Aug 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Conger Creek Fire | 25,150 | Jul 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Railley Mountain Fire | 21,585 | Jul 21, 2007 | 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.