Wildfire, Sweet Grass
- When
- August 17, 7:00 PM MST to August 18, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sweet Grass County, 4 mi SE of Greycliff
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.814, -109.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Montana, August 17 to 18, 1998
Dry lightning set off two wildfires in Sweet Grass County. One near Bridger Creek southeast of Greycliff burned 320 acres.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
Dry lightning set off two wildfires in Sweet Grass County. One near Bridger Creek southeast of Greycliff burned 320 acres. The other burned 80 acres near Dear Creek southwest of Greycliff.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Sweet Grass
- When
- August 17, 7:00 PM MST to August 18, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sweet Grass County, 6 mi SW of Greycliff
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.814, -109.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 17, 1998
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 17, 1998
- Flooding in New Jersey, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Connecticut, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Montana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, August 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5661036, 5661037.