Mann Gulch is a gulch in the

Gates of the Mountains Wilderness The Gates of the Mountains Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1964, the wilderness is managed by Helena National Forest. A day use campground near the Gates of the Mountains, Meriwether Picnic sit ...

of the upper Missouri River, north-northeast of

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, in southeastern

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. It is on the east side of the Missouri River and approximately east of Interstate 15 (I-15), between Helena and Wolf Creek. Mann Gulch is between Meriwether Canyon immediately to the south and Rescue Gulch immediately to the north, and the creek it contains flows into the Missouri in the canyon known as the Gates of the Mountains. Mann Gulch is approximately southeast of

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History

Mann Gulch is the site of the August 5, 1949 Mann Gulch fire in which 13 firefighters died. The fire is the subject of

Norman Maclean Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902August 2, 1990) was a Scottish-American professor at the University of Chicago who became, following his retirement, a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his collection of no ...

's book '' Young Men and Fire'' and a topic in the prologue to

Adam Grant Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American popular science author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. Early life and education Grant was born in the township ...

's book ''Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know'' (2021). The Mann Gulch fire was started by lightning.

Stats

* (46.885, -111.899) * Average elevation: 3,602 feet (1,098m) Landforms of Lewis and Clark County, Montana Canyons and gorges of Montana Helena National Forest {{LewisandClarkCountyMT-geo-stub de:Mann Gulch