Horton Fire
200625,091 acresMontana
The Horton Fire burned 25,091 acres, about 39 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 12, 2006.
Watch how it happenedHorton Fire · 2006
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 4.0% | 994 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 14% | 3,636 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 65% | 16,243 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 16% | 4,035 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.7% | 183 |
4% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 994 acres; 18% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Rosebud County | MT | 13,088 |
| Custer County | MT | 12,019 |
Other large fires in Montana in 2006
- Derby Fire200,876 acres
- Pine Ridge Complex103,158 acres
- Bundy Railroad Fire91,623 acres
- Lost Creek (Black Pulaski Complex) Fire38,561 acres
- Buffalo Creek Fire37,611 acres
- Soda Creek (Black Pulaski Complex) Fire33,777 acres
- Red Eagle Fire32,560 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.