Meissner Fire
The Meissner Fire burned 14,490 acres in Chouteau County, Montana, in 2009. It was discovered on January 31, 2009, and contained on February 8, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 14,490 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2009
- Contained
- February 8, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,311 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.446, -110.377.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,490 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,311 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 14,507 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2009, 2:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- February 8, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- County
- Chouteau County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- North Central Montana District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4744611037720090131
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-586509
- Note on the perimeter
- Corrected 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 20098
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.