Elk Hill Fire
The Elk Hill Fire was reported on April 9, 2016 in Teton County, Montana and burned 1,089 acres. It was declared out on June 29, 2016.
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 9, 2016
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.683, -112.867.
The incident
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Contained
- April 15, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- April 26, 2016 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- June 29, 2016 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Teton County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Augusta, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $630,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTLCF-000011
- IRWIN identifier
- 13CAADB2-409D-49B2-8782-A2FB45653046
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Choteau, 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 July 12, 2016 at 3:01 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-MTLCF-000011.