West Fork Fish Creek Fire
The West Fork Fish Creek Fire was reported on August 14, 2015 in Mineral County, Montana and burned 13,500 acres. It was declared out on November 19, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,500 acres
- Contained
- 38%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.873, -114.850.
The incident
- Size
- 13,500 acres
- Containment
- 38%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 16, 2015 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Mineral County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Alberton, MT
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-MTLNF-000834
- IRWIN identifier
- D710B985-5756-4643-9900-42AE760DD5CB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Superior, 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 April 25, 2016 at 10:51 AM MDT. Identifier 2015-MTLNF-000834.