Marston Fire
The Marston Fire was reported on August 11, 2015 in Lincoln County, Montana and burned 7,000 acres. It was declared out on November 11, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,000 acres
- Contained
- 30%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2015
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.750, -114.816.
The incident
- Size
- 7,000 acres
- Containment
- 30%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2015 at 8:32 AM MDT
- Contained
- November 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 11, 2015 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Fortine
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,933,202
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTKNF-000199
- IRWIN identifier
- 106B19A1-9FAE-4694-A8D1-F0F156BF7FED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trego, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trego, MT4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eureka, MT14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whitefish, MT32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Columbia Falls, MT39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Libby, MT42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Evergreen, MT44 miles southeast 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 November 17, 2015 at 10:01 AM MST. Identifier 2015-MTKNF-000199.