Magpie Fire
The Magpie Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Golden Valley County, North Dakota and burned 4,907 acres. It was declared out on September 22, 2017.
- Size
- 4,907 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.318, -103.826.
The incident
- Size
- 4,907 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 3:23 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 25, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 22, 2017 at 11:19 AM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 44 air miles northwest of Dickinson, ND (Billings and McKenzie Counties)
- County
- Golden Valley County
- State
- North Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Fairfield
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NDDPF-1070703
- IRWIN identifier
- 098C65C6-06AE-4C4D-BA5D-0EE7BEE6FBCE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wibaux, 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 September 22, 2017 at 1:31 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NDDPF-1070703.