Lolo Peak Fire
The Lolo Peak Fire was reported on July 15, 2017 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 53,902 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 53,902 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2017
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.674, -114.268.
The incident
- Size
- 53,902 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2017 at 2:34 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 6, 2017 at 6:25 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2017 at 11:52 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Southwest of Lolo, MT
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Lolo, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $48,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLNF-001288
- IRWIN identifier
- 10D4ECEE-00D2-4053-9753-D9901EE5D5AB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlton, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carlton, MT9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lolo, MT11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Homes, MT17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT20 miles northeast 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 22, 2018 at 2:27 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTLNF-001288.