Magpie Fire
The Magpie Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Billings County, North Dakota and burned 5,500 acres. It was fully contained on July 9, 2017.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.312, -103.494.
The incident
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 3:54 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 9, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 25, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Misc/Other
- County
- Billings County
- State
- North Dakota
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NDNDS-0402600032
- IRWIN identifier
- 1A62B49D-FCC4-4CA2-B419-ED09C7E69468
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Medora, ND 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 August 11, 2017 at 10:46 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-NDNDS-0402600032.