Bridge Coulee Fire
The Bridge Coulee Fire was reported on July 19, 2017 in Garfield County, Montana and burned 253,261 acres. It was declared out on August 11, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 253,261 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.217, -107.900.
The incident
- Size
- 253,261 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 11, 2017 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 11, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 MILES N OF MOSBY, MT
- County
- Garfield County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- MOSBY, MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Part of
- Lodgepole Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000248
- IRWIN identifier
- EB477292-CCB2-49D1-845F-E80A02198DC0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnett, 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 August 20, 2018 at 11:27 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000248.