Caribou Fire
The Caribou Fire was reported on August 11, 2017 in Lincoln County, Montana and burned 24,753 acres. It was declared out on November 2, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,753 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2017
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.973, -115.441.
The incident
- Size
- 24,753 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2017 at 10:51 AM MDT
- Contained
- November 2, 2017 at 11:58 AM MDT
- Controlled
- November 2, 2017 at 11:59 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 2, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 18 miles NW of Eureka, MT
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Eureka
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,730,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTKNF-000174
- IRWIN identifier
- B142C355-1219-4FA8-9DD4-07FE11B20BDE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Eureka, 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 December 1, 2017 at 9:53 AM MST. Identifier 2017-MTKNF-000174.