July Fire
The July Fire was reported on July 3, 2017 in Phillips County, Montana and burned 10,542 acres. It was declared out on September 22, 2017.
- Size
- 10,542 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.908, -108.548.
The incident
- Size
- 10,542 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017 at 4:28 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 19, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 22, 2017 at 10:19 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 22, 2017 at 10:19 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Zortman, MT Landusky, MT, Southeast of Hays, MT and Southwest of Lodgepole, MT
- County
- Phillips County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Zortman
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLED-000115
- IRWIN identifier
- FDBF1422-DA8F-47A6-8296-86A700D4BF00
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hays, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hays, MT9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Belknap Agency, MT41 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Malta, MT44 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chinook, MT57 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Havre, MT69 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lewistown, MT71 miles southwest 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 May 23, 2018 at 3:04 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTLED-000115.