Deep Draw Fire
The Deep Draw Fire burned 2,022 acres in Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on August 9, 2008, and contained on August 30, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,022 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2008
- Contained
- August 30, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,140 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.820, -114.527.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,022 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,140 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,031 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2008, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Flathead Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4782011452720080809
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-580469
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.