Corral Fire
The Corral Fire burned 1,851 acres in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, in 2012. It was discovered on June 25, 2012, and contained on October 31, 2012. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,851 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012
- Contained
- October 31, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,808 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.658, -112.058.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,851 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,808 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,866 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012, 4:32 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 31, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Butte Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4665811205820120625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-647610
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Not in points
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Creek Fire | 249,562 | Jun 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Chalky Fire | 152,261 | Aug 2, 2012 | Natural |
| Sarpy Hills Complex | 82,127 | Aug 1, 2012 | Natural |
| Taylor Creek Fire | 62,111 | Jul 3, 2012 | Natural |
| Delphia Fire | 40,085 | Aug 24, 2012 | Natural |
| Welder Fire | 33,318 | Sep 14, 2012 | Human |
| Dahl Fire | 22,045 | Jun 26, 2012 | Natural |
| Dutch Fire | 19,247 | Sep 10, 2012 | Natural |
| Elbow Pass Complex | 17,319 | Jul 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Bear Trap 2 Fire | 15,341 | Jun 25, 2012 | Human |
| Wolf Creek Fire | 12,160 | Jul 24, 2012 | Natural |
| Wye Fire | 12,000 | Jan 4, 2012 | Human |
Nearby
- Helena Valley West Central, MTUnder a mile north of the fire
- Helena, MT5 miles south of the fire
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT5 miles north of the fire
- Helena West Side, MT5 miles southwest of the fire
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT6 miles northeast of the fire
- Helena Valley Southeast, MT7 miles southeast of the fire
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.