Bear Lake Fire
The Bear Lake Fire was reported on August 20, 2015 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 6,313 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,313 acres
- Contained
- 79%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2015
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.515, -113.245.
The incident
- Size
- 6,313 acres
- Containment
- 79%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2015 at 8:24 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 3, 2015 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2015 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Wisdom
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTBDF-001330
- IRWIN identifier
- FAA85F63-93F0-49E1-8125-4265F0BAA24E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dillon, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dillon, MT36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Salmon, ID39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Anaconda, MT45 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Butte, MT48 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT51 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Whitehall, MT61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 4, 2016 at 1:32 PM MDT. Identifier 2015-MTBDF-001330.