Bear Creek Fire
The Bear Creek Fire was reported on August 12, 2015 in Flathead County, Montana and burned 69,435 acres. It was declared out on December 18, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 69,435 acres
- Contained
- 2%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2015
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.847, -113.589.
The incident
- Size
- 69,435 acres
- Containment
- 2%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2015 at 1:35 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- December 18, 2015 at 7:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Hungry Horse, MT
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTFNF-000541
- IRWIN identifier
- B8DD859C-F192-45C3-B5FE-F9BE9D9D9CC7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Woods Bay, 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 August 9, 2016 at 9:19 AM MDT. Identifier 2015-MTFNF-000541.