Heavy Fire Activity in Montana

Yesterday was one of those days...mapping fires all day long. On Friday, Landsat 5 captured a bunch of land in Idaho and Montana that is burning and I got the imagery over the weekend. I decided against coming in over the weekend, so it made my Monday long.

I mapped the following fires: Rattlesnake, Jocko Lakes, Skyland, Ahorn, Fool Creek, Chippy Creek, and Brush Creek. I've now mapped 11 fires in Region 1 (northern Idaho and all of Montana) for over 500,000 acres. Each fire I've mapped averages 49,000 acres! These aren't little piddly guys!

I'm still awaiting cloud- and smoke-free imagery of the East Zone, Cascade, and Landmark Complexes in Idaho. Those guys combine up to another 400,000 or so acres.

The graphic here shows the general location of most the fires I mapped yesterday.