Mauer Mountain Fire
The Mauer Mountain Fire was reported on August 23, 2017 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 3,000 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.959, -112.764.
The incident
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2017 at 1:45 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2017 at 6:31 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 15, 2017 at 8:45 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2017 at 8:45 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 20 miles south of Dillon
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Dillon
- Protecting agency
- DNRC
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTCES-002344
- IRWIN identifier
- 10B4B78B-D0BB-446A-8C6C-0EAB5C89E4AD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dillon, MT covers the area today.
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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 19, 2018 at 3:08 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTCES-002344.