Bales Fire
The Bales Fire was reported on July 11, 2015 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 5,724 acres. It was declared out on August 4, 2015.
- Size
- 5,724 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2015
- Personnel
- 165
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.030, -106.122.
The incident
- Size
- 5,724 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2015 at 12:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 15, 2015 at 11:59 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Personnel assigned
- 165
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTMCD-000147
- IRWIN identifier
- 56F0E4CA-F690-4948-AF62-73F9E81B2B84
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ashland, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 7, 2020 at 2:51 PM MST. Identifier 2015-MTMCD-000147.