Family Peak Complex
201549,762 acresMontana
The Family Peak Complex burned 49,762 acres, about 78 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 13, 2015.
Watch how it happenedFamily Peak Complex · 2015
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 | 46% | 22,988 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 20% | 9,999 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 18% | 8,756 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 16% | 7,802 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.4% | 198 |
46% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 22,988 acres; 66% 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.
| Pondera County | MT | 46,788 |
| Glacier County | MT | 2,367 |
| Flathead County | MT | 613 |
Other large fires in Montana in 2015
- Bear Creek Fire60,768 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.