Black Fire
The Black Fire was reported on July 20, 2017 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 1,849 acres. It was declared out on October 5, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,849 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.227, -113.752.
The incident
- Size
- 1,849 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017 at 4:19 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 21, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 28, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 5, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- ABOVE JOCKO LAKE AT ELEVATION OF 7000 FT
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- ARLEE
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $240,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTFHA-000125
- IRWIN identifier
- 9BA6647B-E540-4D1E-925E-E2F728D77ECD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seeley Lake, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seeley Lake, MT13 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT25 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT26 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ronan, MT27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Frenchtown, MT27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT27 miles southwest 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 October 5, 2017 at 8:20 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTFHA-000125.