Lawrence Mountain Fire
The Lawrence Mountain Fire burned 2,400 acres in Lincoln County, Montana, in 2009. It was discovered on September 2, 2009, and contained on October 25, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,400 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2009
- Contained
- October 25, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,597 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.615, -115.424.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,597 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,315 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2009, 4:43 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2009, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kootenai National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTKNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-MTKNF-000155
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4861611540120090902
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1482063
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| Lily Lake Fire | 2,120 | Aug 13, 2009 | Natural |
| Bielenburg Fire | 1,950 | Jul 12, 2009 | Natural |
| Gabe Creek Fire | 1,932 | Jul 30, 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.