Jones Fire
The Jones Fire burned 1,006 acres in Custer County, Montana, in 2007. It was discovered on August 10, 2007, and contained on August 12, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,006 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2007
- Contained
- August 12, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,007 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.286, -105.681.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,006 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,007 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2007, 3:21 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 12, 2007, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Custer County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-546916
- Note on the perimeter
- D. Jones, MCFO Corrected GPS coordinates or equivalent precision
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 | |
| Fool Creek Fire | 60,038 | Jul 4, 2007 | Natural |
| 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 |
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. 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.