Sheep Fire
The Sheep Fire was reported on August 15, 2015 in Flathead County, Montana and burned 2,495 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,495 acres
- Contained
- 30%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.240, -113.607.
The incident
- Size
- 2,495 acres
- Containment
- 30%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2015 at 1:19 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 5, 2015 at 2:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2015 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,353,100
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTFNF-000608
- IRWIN identifier
- E978A347-1EE4-4074-ABF8-19AB776297B4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Martin City, 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 12, 2021 at 12:02 PM MST. Identifier 2015-MTFNF-000608.