Maverick Fire
The Maverick Fire burned 10,715 acres in Powder River County, Montana, in 2011. It was discovered on August 22, 2011, and contained on September 8, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,715 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011
- Contained
- September 8, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,187 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.263, -105.812.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,715 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,187 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,213 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2011, 1:39 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 8, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Powder River County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Miles City Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Part of
- Diamond Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4526310580220110822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-627955
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Don't have fire reports yet
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 |
| Black Springs Complex | 18,970 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Forty One Complex | 13,261 | Aug 28, 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
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.