Potato Fire
The Potato Fire was reported on August 8, 2017 in Carter County, Montana and burned 1,095 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,095 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.354, -104.549.
The incident
- Size
- 1,095 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017 at 3:36 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 9, 2017 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 11, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2017 at 7:16 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 38 miles S of Ekalaka, MT.
- County
- Carter County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Ekalaka, MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000371
- IRWIN identifier
- 6D1F7E06-175D-4062-85F9-71CEB43A5C13
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ekalaka, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ekalaka, MT37 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD58 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sundance, WY66 miles south of the fire’s origin
- North Spearfish, SD67 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spearfish, SD69 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Baker, MT71 miles north 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 November 8, 2017 at 1:24 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000371.