Observation Fire
The Observation Fire was reported on June 24, 2016 in Ravalli County, Montana and burned 1,429 acres. It was fully contained on September 15, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,429 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2016
- Personnel
- 5
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 46.116, -114.271.
The incident
- Size
- 1,429 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2016 at 11:43 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 15, 2016 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 22, 2016 at 5:08 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- Ravalli County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Darby
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTBRF-016024
- IRWIN identifier
- 4CEB05D0-4A87-4883-AA37-5082DB981B45
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darby, MT covers the area today.
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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 June 28, 2018 at 1:26 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-MTBRF-016024.