Bobcat Pass Fire
The Bobcat Pass Fire was reported on September 8, 2017 in Carbon County, Montana and burned 1,339 acres. It was declared out on September 25, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,339 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.069, -108.844.
The incident
- Size
- 1,339 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2017 at 11:17 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 10, 2017 at 7:39 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 25, 2017 at 11:40 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Bridger Triangle Area
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Belfry MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $225,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTBID-700801
- IRWIN identifier
- 5F2701CB-4017-41DC-95C4-EF4C40E19BE2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bridger, 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 October 5, 2017 at 4:52 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTBID-700801.