West Mullan Fire
The West Mullan Fire burned 6,282 acres in Mineral County, Montana, in 2013. It was discovered on July 14, 2013, and contained on August 28, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,282 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2013
- Contained
- August 28, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,454 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.214, -114.942.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,282 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,454 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2013, 4:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Montana
- County
- Mineral County
- Reporting unit
- Lolo National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MT4721411494320130714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1518600
- Note on the perimeter
- This is the best post-fire scene available despite the haze cover.
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 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 |
| Peoples Creek Fire | 1,538 | Nov 19, 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.