Meyers Fire
The Meyers Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Granite County, Montana and burned 62,034 acres. It was declared out on September 25, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 62,034 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.995, -113.580.
The incident
- Size
- 62,034 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 5:21 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 2, 2017 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- September 25, 2018 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 25 miles SW of Philipsburg, MT and the East Fork Bitterroot River
- County
- Granite County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Philipsburg, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $32,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTBDF-002217
- IRWIN identifier
- 4E740357-1B87-4375-B324-8B58E9C7436A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Philipsburg, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Philipsburg, MT27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Anaconda, MT32 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT40 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT43 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Deer Lodge, MT49 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 September 25, 2018 at 8:29 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTBDF-002217.