Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 3,072 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,072 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 42
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.041, -105.731.
The incident
- Size
- 3,072 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 30, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 30, 2017 at 11:59 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 31 miles SW of Broadus, MT
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Broadus, MT.
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 42
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000274
- IRWIN identifier
- 7B7289D7-0320-4D4A-A1EA-E94E8E41B739
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Broadus, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Broadus, MT32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY53 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY58 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY58 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT61 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY62 miles west 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 November 1, 2017 at 10:26 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000274.