Edwards Fire
The Edwards Fire was reported on August 24, 2017 in Garfield County, Montana and burned 1,053 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,053 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.297, -107.364.
The incident
- Size
- 1,053 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017 at 8:42 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 25, 2017 at 3:20 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2017 at 11:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 miles W of Jordan, MT
- County
- Garfield County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000492
- IRWIN identifier
- 452AB342-5076-4CAD-8693-02804DEF3C61
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jordan, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 7, 2017 at 8:37 AM MST. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000492.