Dunn Mtn. Assist Fire
The Dunn Mtn. Assist Fire burned 102,380 acres in Yellowstone County, Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on August 22, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 21, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 102,380 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 105,537 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.238, -108.342.
The record
- Reported final size
- 102,380 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 105,537 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 102,488 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2008
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 21, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Yellowstone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Southern Land Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4621810818620080821
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MT0419-197
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Uncorrected 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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.