Homestead Fire
The Homestead Fire burned 485 acres in Phillips County, Montana, in 2010. It was discovered on March 29, 2010, and contained on March 29, 2010. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 485 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2010
- Contained
- March 29, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,173 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.240, -108.247.
The record
- Reported final size
- 485 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,173 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2010, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 29, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Montana
- County
- Phillips County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Malta Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-615872
- 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 20105
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raven Fire | 27,898 | Aug 21, 2010 | Natural |
| Stump Gulch Fire | 9,870 | Aug 21, 2010 | Human |
| Davis Fire | 2,015 | Aug 26, 2010 | Human |
| South Fork 3 Bar Fire | 1,465 | Nov 2, 2010 | Human |
| East Bowdoin Su E F Fire | 1,240 | Apr 2, 2010 |
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. 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.