Coffee Pot Fire
The Coffee Pot Fire was reported on July 25, 2017 in Carter County, Montana and burned 1,960 acres. It was declared out on August 9, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,960 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2017
- Personnel
- 22
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.931, -104.834.
The incident
- Size
- 1,960 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2017 at 10:23 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2017 at 7:09 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 27, 2017 at 2:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 9, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 15 miles W of Ekalaka
- County
- Carter County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Ekalaka, MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000284
- IRWIN identifier
- CAC1E99F-F198-45EA-9777-37D042142E05
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ekalaka, 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 18, 2017 at 2:42 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000284.