Melrose Fire
The Melrose Fire burned 2,569 acres in Madison County, Montana, in 2011. It was discovered on October 1, 2011, and contained on October 2, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,569 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2011
- Contained
- October 2, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,693 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.507, -112.543.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,569 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,693 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2011, 4:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- County
- Madison County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Dillon Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4550311253520111001
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-630467
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.