Mendenhall Fire
The Mendenhall Fire was reported on August 26, 2017 in Sweet Grass County, Montana and burned 1,275 acres. It was fully contained on August 27, 2017.
- Size
- 1,275 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2017
- Personnel
- 129
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.664, -110.205.
The incident
- Size
- 1,275 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2017 at 1:17 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2017 at 11:32 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- .5 mile West of McLeod MT
- County
- Sweet Grass County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- McLeod
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 129
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $674,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLG40-700725
- IRWIN identifier
- 22F483FA-2A93-4FEA-92A6-5C3B4F82761E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Big Timber, 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 February 7, 2020 at 3:23 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTLG40-700725.