Chouteau Co Complex
The Chouteau Co Complex burned 5,519 acres in Chouteau County, Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on March 24, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,519 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,365 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.937, -110.407.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,519 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,365 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2008
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- County
- Chouteau County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northeastern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Chouteau Co Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4795511043220080324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MT0419-54
- Note on the perimeter
- Img offset VERY high b/c only L7 imgs avail. otherwise. MUCH ag in area. X offset needs adj apx +15m but did not adjust.
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 |
| Cascade Fire | 10,173 | Jul 26, 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
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.