Peoples Creek Fire
The Peoples Creek Fire burned 1,538 acres in Montana, in 2013. It was discovered on November 19, 2013, and contained on November 20, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,538 acres
- Discovered
- November 19, 2013
- Contained
- November 20, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,626 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.197, -108.786.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,538 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,626 acres
- Discovered
- November 19, 2013, 3:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 20, 2013, 3:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Montana
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Fort Belknap Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4819710878620131119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-663798
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Pan Complex | 41,763 | Jul 16, 2013 | Natural |
| Red Shale Fire | 12,379 | Jul 18, 2013 | Natural |
| Miner Paradise Complex | 10,850 | Jul 21, 2013 | Natural |
| Damnation Fire | 8,246 | Aug 12, 2013 | Natural |
| Eureka Fire | 6,768 | Aug 12, 2013 | Natural |
| West Mullan Fire | 6,282 | Jul 14, 2013 | Human |
| West Fork 2 Fire | 6,000 | Aug 18, 2013 | Natural |
| Schoolhouse Fire | 4,902 | Aug 18, 2013 | Natural |
| Moose Meadows Fire | 3,500 | Jul 25, 2013 | Natural |
| Winter Fire | 2,756 | Jan 8, 2013 | Human |
| Firestone Fire | 1,570 | Jul 27, 2013 | Human |
| NezPeak Fire | 1,341 |
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.