Gabe Creek Fire
The Gabe Creek Fire burned 1,932 acres in Powell County, Montana, in 2009. It was discovered on July 30, 2009, and contained on November 20, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,932 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2009
- Contained
- November 20, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,022 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.418, -113.318.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,932 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,022 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,946 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2009, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 20, 2009, 11:55 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Powell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Flathead National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4742911332120090730
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1483183
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- SBRD
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 20098
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meissner Fire | 14,490 | Jan 31, 2009 | Human |
| Kootenai Creek Fire | 6,990 | Jul 12, 2009 | Natural |
| Table Mountain Fire | 5,280 | Sep 13, 2009 | Natural |
| Indian Trail Fire | 4,409 | Sep 9, 2009 | Human |
| Gird End Fire | 2,514 | Sep 9, 2009 | Natural |
| Lawrence Mountain Fire | 2,400 | Sep 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Lily Lake Fire | 2,120 | Aug 13, 2009 | Natural |
| Bielenburg Fire | 1,950 | Jul 12, 2009 | Natural |
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.