Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire was reported on July 19, 2017 in Rosebud County, Montana and burned 1,407 acres. It was declared out on July 25, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,407 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.736, -106.799.
The incident
- Size
- 1,407 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017 at 3:23 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 20, 2017 at 6:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 25, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 7 MILES N OF LAME DEER, MT
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- LAME DEER, MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000249
- IRWIN identifier
- BF4C8914-39EA-4859-9AF2-56C2A308A66B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Muddy, 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 November 6, 2017 at 1:34 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000249.