Park Creek Fire
The Park Creek Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana and burned 18,000 acres. It was declared out on December 19, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 18,000 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.021, -112.691.
The incident
- Size
- 18,000 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 9:14 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 30, 2017 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 19, 2017 at 10:22 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 2 miles N of Lincoln
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Lincoln
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,050,123
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTHLF-000146
- IRWIN identifier
- AEED1525-859F-4A71-AB70-129938F11CB9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lincoln, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lincoln, MT5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley West Central, MT39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Seeley Lake, MT39 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Helena West Side, MT40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT41 miles southeast 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 July 5, 2018 at 9:25 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTHLF-000146.