Blacktail Fire
The Blacktail Fire was reported on September 10, 2017 in Meagher County, Montana and burned 5,351 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,351 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 10, 2017
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.224, -110.321.
The incident
- Size
- 5,351 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 10, 2017 at 2:22 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 Miles WSW of Harlowton, MT in the Crazy Mountain Range.
- County
- Meagher County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Twodot, MT
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $837,894
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTHLF-005124
- IRWIN identifier
- 99EEEADE-ECB7-4728-B2CD-E291FAEE56FF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Harlowton, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Harlowton, MT27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Big Timber, MT32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Livingston, MT41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Bozeman, MT51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Belgrade, MT51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Manhattan, MT55 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 May 15, 2018 at 1:22 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTHLF-005124.