Stump Gulch Fire
The Stump Gulch Fire burned 9,870 acres in Stillwater County, Montana, in 2010. It was discovered on August 21, 2010, and contained on August 27, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 9,870 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2010
- Contained
- August 27, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,868 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.718, -109.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,870 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,868 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2010, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 27, 2010, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Montana
- County
- Stillwater County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Southern Land Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4571310932120100821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-MTSOS000009
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 |
| 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 | |
| Homestead Fire | 485 | Mar 29, 2010 | 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.