Butte Fire
The Butte Fire was reported on July 30, 2016 in Rosebud County, Montana and burned 1,544 acres. It was declared out on August 18, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,544 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2016
- Personnel
- 85
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.101, -106.364.
The incident
- Size
- 1,544 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2016 at 7:17 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2016 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 6, 2016 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 18, 2016 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 85
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $380,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTMCD-000268
- IRWIN identifier
- B878412D-9C05-43F5-A825-01A1D16DCA34
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Forsyth, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Forsyth, MT19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Colstrip, MT19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Miles City, MT33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Crow Agency, MT63 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hardin, MT65 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 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 September 15, 2016 at 11:49 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-MTMCD-000268.