East Fork Fire
The East Fork Fire was reported on August 27, 2017 in Hill County, Montana and burned 21,896 acres. It was declared out on October 2, 2017.
- Size
- 21,896 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2017
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.170, -109.622.
The incident
- Size
- 21,896 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2017 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 10 Miles ESE of Box Elder, MT
- County
- Hill County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- 10 miles ESE of Box Elder, MT
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTRBA-000060
- IRWIN identifier
- 193D30B7-FDEE-46CE-952A-17956A364427
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Big Sandy, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Big Sandy, MT23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Havre, MT26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Chinook, MT34 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Belknap Agency, MT45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Benton, MT54 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lewistown, MT77 miles south 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 October 3, 2017 at 7:55 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTRBA-000060.