Sarpy Hills Complex
The Sarpy Hills Complex burned 82,127 acres in Montana, in 2012. It was discovered on August 1, 2012, and contained on August 3, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to July 31, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 82,127 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2012
- Contained
- August 3, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 83,940 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.746, -107.168.
The record
- Reported final size
- 82,127 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 83,940 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2012, 7:10 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 31, 2012
- Contained
- August 3, 2012, 9:04 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Crow Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Sarpy Hills Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Dawes Ck, East Fork, West Tullock Creek, Castle Rock 2, Little Dry Creek, South Tullock Creek
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4574610716620120731
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-644616
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 |
| 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 |
| Ester Lake Fire | 10,924 | Aug 24, 2012 | 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.