Golden Valley Complex
The Golden Valley Complex burned 3,558 acres in Golden Valley County, Montana, in 2008. It was discovered on August 30, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,558 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,617 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.270, -109.206.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,558 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,617 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Golden Valley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northeastern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Golden Valley Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4627910919020080830
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MT0419-58
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 |
| 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.