Storm Creek Fire

1988115,951 acresMontana and Wyoming

The Storm Creek Fire burned 115,951 acres, about 181 square miles, across 5 counties. It began on June 19, 1988.

Watch how it happened

Storm Creek Fire · 1988

How it happened

See the burn scar and every county it reached.

About this replay

IgnitionJune 19, 1988Historical replay — final scar, not daily growth

Final area115,951 ac

Revealed—

Counties5

Fire milestones

Burn scarFinal perimeter mapped from satellite images

Reported originThe fire location MTBS records for the event

Washington, D.C., to scale61 square miles of land, drawn at the fire’s scale

Source: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS, U.S. Forest Service), mapped from satellite images after the fire. MTBS does not record daily growth: the reveal shows the final scar, outward from the reported origin, not the order it burned in.

Where it burned

Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.

Acres burned by county

Park County	MT	82,101
Stillwater County	MT	26,336
Park County	WY	5,655
Sweet Grass County	MT	1,684
Carbon County	MT	249

Other large fires in Montana and Wyoming in 1988

North Fork Fire563,089 acres
Clovermist Fire303,221 acres
Canyon Creek Fire167,806 acres
Mink Fire135,337 acres
Huck Fire123,340 acres
Hellroaring Fire77,539 acres
Brewer Fire48,246 acres
Gates Park Fire42,484 acres

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.