Roaring Lion Fire
The Roaring Lion Fire was reported on July 31, 2016 in Ravalli County, Montana and burned 8,575 acres. It was fully contained on September 22, 2016.
- Size
- 8,575 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.193, -114.260.
The incident
- Size
- 8,575 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2016 at 2:22 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 22, 2016 at 5:07 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Active fire
- County
- Ravalli County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Hamilton
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTBRF-016075
- IRWIN identifier
- B3992478-79ED-4354-8176-0B7AAB40FAB3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hamilton, 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 January 3, 2017 at 8:42 AM MST. Identifier 2016-MTBRF-016075.