Clear Creek Fire
The Clear Creek Fire was reported on August 27, 2016 in Sanders County, Montana and burned 1,267 acres. It was declared out on September 14, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,267 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2016
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.385, -114.609.
The incident
- Size
- 1,267 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2016 at 5:00 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 14, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 14, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- WILD FIRE
- County
- Sanders County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- 13 MILES SE OF PLAINS MT
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $850,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTFHA-000144
- IRWIN identifier
- F59F7E93-9D09-42A9-B397-C48A42866EE1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Plains, 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 September 14, 2016 at 3:18 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-MTFHA-000144.