Montana

OF 2004–1085: Montana

Fire Name: Bear

Location: Hamilton

Date: 2000

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Sleeping Child Creek, site #51	0.18	43	100	49 m³/s	Date: July 15, 2001 Total: 21 mm Duration: ±1hr Intensity: 19 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 58 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #52	0.23	47	100	53 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #53	0.26	46	100	55 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #54	0.73	31	100	222 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #55	0.19	43	100	99 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #56	4.66	13	100	6 m³/s	Same as above	Water flow
Sleeping Child Creek, site #57	1.06	16	100	77 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
North Rye Creek, site #6	45.33	6	100	7 m³/s	Date: July 15, 2001 Total: 16 mm Duration: ±1hr Intensity: 16 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 56 mm/hr	Flood
Laird Creek at Hwy 93, site #2	24.09	12	100	6 m³/s	Date: July 20, 2001 Total: 11 mm Duration: ±1 hr Intensity: 11 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 37 mm/hr	Flood
Laird Creek above Gilbert Creek, site #4	13.21	16	100	5 m³/s	Date: July 20, 2001 Total: 11 mm Duration: 1 hr Intensity: 11 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 53 mm/hr	Flood
Laird Creek at Hwy 93, site #2	24.09	12	100	6 m³/s	Date: July 21, 2001 Total: 15 mm Duration: 1 hr Intensity: 15 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 47 mm/hr	Flood

Reference: Parrett and others (2003)

Fire Name: North Hills

Date: 1984

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Site 2	0.05	17	100	3 m³/s	Date: August 30-31, 1984 Total: 42 mm Peak 6 hr intensity: 3 mm/hr Recurrence interval: < 2 years	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 3	0.08	16	100	16 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 4	0.36	22	50	12 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 5	0.18	19	70	3 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 6	1.45	14	68	28 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 7	25.07	7	100	25 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 8	0.75	19	90	20 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 9	0.26	17	100	11 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 10	0.18	31	100	4 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 11	1.97	12	84	28 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 12	0.18	40	100	8 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 14	0.36	26	100	2 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 15	1.03	25	100	2 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 16	0.28	25	100	6 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 17	0.18	40	100	3 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 18	2.10	14	100	35 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 19	1.06	18	100	44 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 20	0.52	21	100	20 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 21	22.90	9	40	25 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 23	1.22	20	100	17 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 24	0.31	25	100	5 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 25	0.34	28	100	11 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 26	2.93	22	89	88 m³/s	Same as above	Debris damming in this drainage
Site 29	0.39	25	73	25 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Site 30	2.28	27	24	6 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow

Reference: Parrett (1987)

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