Brush Flat Fire
The Brush Flat Fire was reported on August 31, 2017 in Big Horn County, Montana and burned 39,387 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 39,387 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2017
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.123, -106.586.
The incident
- Size
- 39,387 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2017 at 8:18 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 4, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 14 miles south of Birney, MT
- County
- Big Horn County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000552
- IRWIN identifier
- 85CA620D-9906-4418-8A7A-CC958F2CAF35
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sheridan, WY 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 November 6, 2017 at 12:37 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000552.