Cascade Fire
The Cascade Fire burned 10,173 acres in Carbon County, Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on July 26, 2008, and contained on July 26, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 10,173 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2008
- Contained
- July 26, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,007 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.169, -109.487.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,173 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,007 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,174 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2008, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 26, 2008, 2:35 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Montana
- County
- Carbon County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTCGF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4516010946720080726
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1469303
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Mtn. Assist Fire | 102,380 | Aug 22, 2008 | Natural |
| Chouteau Co Complex | 5,519 | Mar 24, 2008 | Human |
| Easter Fire | 5,064 | Mar 24, 2008 | Human |
| Kathryn Fire | 5,000 | Aug 25, 2008 | Human |
| Knowlton Complex (Drga) Fire | 4,261 | Aug 22, 2008 | Natural |
| Golden Valley Complex | 3,558 | Aug 30, 2008 | Natural |
| Magee 2 Fire | 3,000 | Apr 9, 2008 | Human |
| Deep Draw Fire | 2,022 | Aug 9, 2008 | Natural |
| East Unit Charlie Fire | 1,909 | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| WoodHumpSalmon Fire | 1,584 | ||
| Coffee Fire | 1,528 | ||
| Yellowstone Complex | 1,464 | Apr 29, 2008 | Human |
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.