Liberty Fire
The Liberty Fire was reported on July 15, 2017 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 28,694 acres. It was declared out on October 5, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 28,694 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2017
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.139, -113.780.
The incident
- Size
- 28,694 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2017 at 6:00 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 28, 2017 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 5, 2017 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 17 Miles SE of Arlee Montana, in South Fork Jocko River Tribal Primitive Area
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Arlee
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTFHA-000105
- IRWIN identifier
- DF58FFB0-560D-4B7E-861C-F380D42B2B88
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seeley Lake, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seeley Lake, MT14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Frenchtown, MT23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Homes, MT23 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 December 6, 2017 at 11:24 AM MST. Identifier 2017-MTFHA-000105.