Northeast Kootenai Complex
The Northeast Kootenai Complex was reported on August 16, 2015 in Lincoln County, Montana and burned 7,120 acres. It is 80 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,120 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2015
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.737, -114.867.
The incident
- Size
- 7,120 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2015 at 6:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Fortine
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,958,202
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTKNF-000272
- IRWIN identifier
- 7F2CAD35-05C7-4A00-9D5C-29E3E121D646
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trego, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trego, MT2 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Eureka, MT13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whitefish, MT33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Libby, MT40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Columbia Falls, MT40 miles southeast 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 5, 2015 at 3:07 PM MST. Identifier 2015-MTKNF-000272.