Painted Hill Fire
The Painted Hill Fire was reported on August 26, 2017 in Big Horn County, Montana and burned 2,496 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,496 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2017
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.628, -106.844.
The incident
- Size
- 2,496 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2017 at 1:59 PM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 8 miles west of Lame Deer, MT.
- County
- Big Horn County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTNCA-017056
- IRWIN identifier
- A1FFAD17-9B24-4CE3-8E86-137709ED118C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Muddy, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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 7, 2017 at 9:23 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTNCA-017056.