Black Springs Complex
The Black Springs Complex burned 18,970 acres in Montana, in 2011. It was discovered on August 22, 2011, and contained on November 28, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,970 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011
- Contained
- November 28, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,466 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.682, -106.887.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,970 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,466 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 28, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Northern Cheyenne Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Black Springs Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4568210688720110822
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-625881
- Note on the perimeter
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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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Complex | 34,550 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Forty One Complex | 13,261 | Aug 28, 2011 | Natural |
| Maverick Fire | 10,715 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Hammer Creek Fire | 6,314 | Aug 8, 2011 | Natural |
| Mill Fire | 5,482 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Big Salmon Lake Fire | 5,183 | Aug 16, 2011 | Human |
| Boss Ribs Fire | 4,537 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Stewart Fire | 4,213 | Aug 24, 2011 | Natural |
| Lutz Fire | 3,982 | Aug 6, 2011 | Natural |
| West Riverside Fire | 3,800 | Aug 22, 2011 | Human |
| Melrose Fire | 2,569 | Oct 1, 2011 | Natural |
| Canyon Creek Fire | 2,560 | Aug 29, 2011 | Natural |
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.