1026 Fire
The 1026 Fire was reported on August 24, 2017 in Rosebud County, Montana and burned 8,043 acres. It was declared out on September 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,043 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.996, -106.258.
The incident
- Size
- 8,043 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017 at 6:32 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 3, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 13, 2017 at 7:49 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 32 miles SW of Miles City, MT
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $150,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000486
- IRWIN identifier
- 18B069CA-8E96-480C-83AD-4CF798D36104
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Colstrip, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Colstrip, MT19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Forsyth, MT27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Miles City, MT35 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Crow Agency, MT64 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hardin, MT68 miles west of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 April 16, 2018 at 1:42 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000486.